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A Medical Mystery Grows as U.S. Consulate Workers in China Fall Ill Image Americans working at the United States Consulate in Guangzhou, China, developed unexplained ailments after hearing strange sounds in at least two apartment complexes, including The Canton Place apartments, above.CreditLam Yik Fei for The New York Times By ...

Trump Denies Reaching Deal With China on ZTE Image The fate of the telecom firm ZTE has become a sticking point in talks with China, with lawmakers and others worried that the Trump administration will ease restrictions on the company.CreditEPA, via Shutterstock By Ana Swanson and Jim Tankersley May 22, ...

China Plans Up to $ 200 Billion in Trade Concessions, but Skepticism Abounds Image A worker at a factory in Huaibei, China. Beijing is preparing to offer Washington a package of trade concessions, but economists caution that the promises would be largely illusory.CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images By Mark Landler ...

In About-Face on Trade, Trump Vows to Protect ZTE Jobs in China Image ZTE said last week that it had halted “major operating activities” because it could not get needed American components. It has 75,000 employees and says it has business in more than 160 nations.CreditJohannes Eisele/Agence France-Presse — Getty ...

With Jail Sentences and Corporate Flameouts, China Is Tackling its Debt Image The offices of the Anbang Insurance Group in Beijing. Wu Xiaohui, the company’s founder, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday.CreditMark Schiefelbein/Associated Press HONG KONG — A Shanghai court imprisoned a tycoon who used a mountain ...

China, Feeling Left Out, Has Plenty to Worry About in North Korea-U.S. Talks Image Kim Jong-un, center, at a banquet with President Xi Jinping of China, front left, in Beijing in March.CreditKorean Central News Agency BEIJING — As the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un prepares for his meetings with the ...

TAICANG, China — If China calls for a boycott of American goods, Chinese workers like David Xu could be in trouble. Mr. Xu is one of thousands of residents of this port town who cash paychecks from American companies. He works as a technician at a Procter & Gamble manufacturing ...

Imported soybeans at a port in Nantong, China. The latest Chinese tariffs were intended to deliver a warning that American producers and consumers would pay in a trade war. Chinatopix, via Associated Press BEIJING — China’s leaders sound supremely confident that they can win a trade war with President Trump. ...

President Trump said Thursday that he will consider hitting China with an additional $ 100 billion in tariffs. Tom Brenner/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday the United States would consider slapping an additional $ 100 billion in tariffs on the Chinese, on top of the $ ...

A Chinese state-owned steel plant last year in Hebei. Many of the trade measures that President Trump has proposed, including tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, have divided his own advisers, the business community and the Republican Party. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Trump’s promise to take tough action ...