Gen. He Weidong’s absence from a high-profile tree-planting event has fueled ongoing speculation that the vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission may have become the latest – and most senior – casualty in leader Xi Jinping’s purge of the military’s top ranks.

Heading into this year, most U.S. farmers were hoping to break even or maybe record a small profit. But now they are faced with losing the biggest export market for many of their crops after China retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Beijing fires back at Trump's latest tariffs with a matching 34% tax on all U.S. imports and tightened export controls on rare earth elements.

China halted a deal this week for the country to divest from TikTok in the United States over President Trump's newest retaliatory tariffs.

Markets are facing their worst crisis since the COVID crash after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs following the president's "liberation day" announcement.

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Mei Mei Chu and Susan Heavey PALM BEACH, Florida/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global stock markets plummeted further on Friday after China said it would strike back at U.S. President Donald Trump with additional tariffs of 34% on U.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was 5.82% lower. The Nasdaq closed in a bear market for the first time since 2022, down more than 20% from its record high in December. The Dow closed in correction,