The warning comes as U.S. warships operate just miles off Venezuela’s coast, some as close as 13 miles, underscoring the tensions.

China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.

From China’s point of view, the Japanese Prime Minister’s remarks on Taiwan test a red line - a trigger that sets this dispute apart from past flare-ups, analysts say.

China stepped up its economic war with Japan on Wednesday as a dispute between Asia’s two biggest economies intensified over a remark by Tokyo's new leader about a Japanese response to any Chinese military move against self-ruled Taiwan.

China’s recent naval deployment around Japan comes on the heels of a war of words between Beijing and newly-elected Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi over Taiwan.

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) inaugurated its power unit, China Petroleum Electric Energy Co Ltd, in Beijing on Monday, the state-owned oil giant said in a statement. The company is expected to serve as a hub for the group's new energy business,

The Netherlands stepped back from its takeover after Beijing announced it would exempt some chips from an export ban — reportedly part of a U.S.-China trade deal.

Liu Jinsong, director general of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held consultations with Kanai Masaaki, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.