China is opening an anti-dumping investigation into Japan over a chemical used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, it announced on Wednesday.

Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy, said of the Venezuelan raid and its aftermath: “We are deeply shocked by and strongly condemns the unilateral, illegal, and bullying acts by the U .S.”

China and Japan — frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured, bloody history they still struggle to navigate — are freshly at each other’s rhetorical throats as 2026 begins. And it’s over the same sticking points that have kept them resentful and suspicious for many decades: Japan’s occupation of parts of China in the 20th century,

Experts say Beijing may see the U.S.' seizing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro not as a license to move on Taiwan as much as a chance to undermine U.S. global leadership.

China is willing to intensify cooperation with Pakistan in fighting terrorism and telecom crime, Wang Xiaohong, China's public security minister, said in a meeting with Pakistan's interior and counter-narcotics minister in Beijing on Wednesday.

Some saw what happened in Venezuela as a playbook for seizing Taiwan, while others warned about ideological rigidity.

A prominent tycoon wanted by United States federal prosecutors for allegedly running one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal networks has been arrested and extradited to China, Cambodian authorities said Wednesday.

Netflix has removed a Chinese romance drama from the streaming platform’s offerings after pressure by the Vietnamese government over a scene featuring a map that reflects Beijing’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea.

A video shared by the Chinese Embassy in Washington takes aim at American fears over trade and tariffs, highlighting Beijing’s pushback against rising economic tensions.