China’s Small Workshops Are Hurting. Trump’s Tariffs Are Only One Reason.

The U.S.-Chinese cease-fire left exporters with crippling tariffs, worsening a slowdown for light-industry factories caused by China’s shift to advanced manufacturing.

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Genetic Study Retraces Covid’s Origins in Bats

As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade.

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China’s Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs

As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.

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Inside Factories in China, a Struggle to Survive Trump’s Tariffs

Small factories with tiny profit margins have played a central role in China’s international competitiveness. Many could now face disaster.

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China’s New Barges Reveal How it Might Try to Seize Taiwan

The barges, which link up to form a bridge, could give China a way to land large numbers of vehicles and troops on Taiwan, solving a major logistical problem.

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Where China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou

Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.

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