This week, China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang is visiting Africa to "deepen the China-Africa comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership and boost friendly cooperation between China and Africa."

In the past week, more U.S. states have taken action to prohibit the use of TikTok and other Chinese-linked products and services on state electronic devices. And in Congress, there have been calls for hearings on TikTok.

After the failure by Pfizer and the Chinese government to reach an agreement on including COVID medicine Paxlovid in the state health insurance plan, there are some discussions in China on whether compulsory licensing is justified as cases are surging in the nation.

One of the first actions by the new Republican House majority was to establish a Select Committee to study "strategic competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party." Most Democrats supported the Republican proposal, although some Democrats objected and others who supported it had concerns, on

As a follow-up to the meeting between the leaders of China and the Philippines, China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) has now released detailed requirements for fresh durian imports from the Philippines.

With the Republican party now in control of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Republican leaders have chosen Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) as Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, which is the main House Committee with jurisdiction over trade policy. The Chair of the Subcommittee on trade

After ten months of trade negotiations, government officials from China and Ecuador revealed that the bulk of the agreement has been concluded, with only some procedural steps left to be completed. As bilateral trade has grown steadily over the past couple years, the agreement is expected to further bolster trade