White House confirmed to CNBC Thursday the cumulative #tariff rate on #China would total 145%. This consists of the new 125% duty on goods, on top of the 20% rate levied in response to the fentanyl crisis. 145% duty on all goods from China 25% tariffs targeting aluminum, autos

Cheap products on Shein and Temu could be shooting up in price really soon as President Trump is closing the de minimis rule and putting a 90% tariffs on small Chinese packages. tiktok.com/@nbcnews/video…

NEW: China has directly contradicted President Trump’s claims that Beijing and Washington are actively discussing resolutions to a trade war that threatens to upend the global economy. nbcnews.com/news/world/tar…

President Donald Trump has a new nickname in China: “The Lord of Eternal Tariffs (萬稅爺).” It joins other Chinese nicknames for Trump that have been around since his first term, such as “King Know-It-All” and "Trump, China's National builder." nbcnews.com/world/asia/chi…

DEVELOPING: At least 26 people killed and 46 others injured after Indian missile strikes across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. nbcnews.com/world/india/in…

LIVE UPDATES: Papal conclave: Cardinals meet to select Pope Francis’ successor. nbcnews.com/world/the-vati…

China had little historical connection to WWII??? History 101: A total of 35 million Chinese died in WWII, almost 1/3 of the world's casualties.

Timeline: With Hong Kong tumbling down global press freedom rankings, HKFP tracks how the media landscape has changed - month by month - since the onset of the 2020 national security law.

"According to Comparitech, a UK-based cybersecurity and privacy research firm, cities in mainland China remain the most surveilled in the world. The firm estimated that China has around 700 million cameras for a population of approximately 1.42 billion."

Hong Kong police announced rewards for information leading to the arrest of 19 overseas-based activists for their roles in “Hong Kong Parliament”, what they called a subversive organization abroad, accusing them of violating a national security law. apnews.com/article/hong-k…

#JUSTIN: Hong Kong's LGBTQ celebration event, Pink Dot HK, announced it will cancel this year's iteration. It said it was "notified by West Kowloon that the venue could not be rented to us, without any explanation provided". The event has been held annually since 2014.

“We have children who are dead on the floor, and we are unable to move these patients just due to the sheer volume that we received,” Dr. Ahmed Farhat said. nbcnews.com/world/gaza/ame…

A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel was killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike, in an attack condemned by journalists and rights groups reut.rs/3JcCqiJ 1/6

BREAKING: Famine officially declared in Gaza City by U.N.-backed body. nbcnews.com/world/gaza/fam…

Reuter: "The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday." reuters.com/world/middle-e…

An underappreciated nice thing about the Chinese power sector is the high degree of transparency we have into the breakdown of C&I power prices. Energy price + T&D + surcharges + taxes, it's all laid out there very clearly on your invoices, including detailed sub-items.

Hong Kong judge rules in favor of lesbian couple's parental recognition in landmark case apnews.com/article/hong-k…

Breaking | Hong Kong lawmakers vote down bill recognising same-sex partnerships scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

13 films have been banned from screenings in Hong Kong over "national security considerations" since authorities passed a film censorship law in 2021, Mingpao reported. news.mingpao.com/pns/%e8%a6%81%…

I agree with Setser. China’s economy has never really been export driven, and when people say that, they really mean that it has become net export driven. A better description is that China’s economy is investment driven, and that rising net exports are simple the consequence of