Beijing  —  Chinese leaders have just concluded a closed-door conclave focused on drawing up the country’s next five-year economic blueprint – a sweeping plan covering everything from accelerating tech innovation to streamlining how China’s farms grow food. Stakes are high for formulating that strategy, with Chinese officials under pressure to reduce reliance on imported technology

Stephen McDonellChina correspondent Getty Images A four-day meeting of hundreds of Chinese Communist Party (CPC) delegates, chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping concluded on Thursday, with the release of a communique. The broad document highlights major points in the next five-year plan for China’s economic development. Here are three of the main things we have

Shanghai stocks closed at a 10-year high on Friday, capping their best week in two months, as chip-making and artificial intelligence (AI) stocks jumped after Beijing vowed to focus on technological self-sufficiency. Policymakers’ pledge to “resolutely” achieve economic targets this year also injected optimism into a market clouded by tariff uncertainty as Chinese and U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to walk an international tightrope over the next week as he departs Friday for a set of Indo-Pacific Summit meetings, one of which involves both the United States and China.  The challenge will involve staying on the relative good side of U.S. President Donald Trump while carefully resetting relations

As China pushes to localize chipmaking amid U.S. export controls, developing domestic lithography tools has become a top priority — with ASML’s EUV and DUV systems at the center of its ambitions. Recently, China has reportedly intensified efforts to study the Dutch giant’s DUV machines. According to The National Interest, citing sources, while reverse-engineering ASML’s