Exports to China, Japan's largest trading partner, fell 10.9%, while shipments to the U.S dropped 8%.

As such, it is one of the ways China is shielding citizens from the effects of the war in Iran, which has trapped oil tankers on either side of the Strait of Hormuz and damaged energy infrastructure in the Gulf.

Cambodia is importing more fuel ​from suppliers in Singapore and Malaysia to make up for supply shortfalls from Vietnam and China, ‌its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran squeezes fuel availability globally.

Beijing tamped down its GDP growth target this year to a range of 4.5% to 5%, the least ambitious goal on record going back to the early 1990s.

China, the world’s biggest crude importer, is close to tapping its vast commercial oil reserves as the Middle East war shows no signs of ending, according to FGE NexantECA.

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI, March 18 (Reuters) - India on Tuesday opened an anti-dumping investigation into ethyl chloroformate imports from China after a domestic producer alleged the chemical used in pharmaceutical and agrochemical manufacturing was being sold at unfairly low prices.

China will continue mediating to push for a ceasefire and an end to fighting in the Middle East, its foreign minister said, adding the war should never have happened and

Chinese AI stocks surged on Wednesday following upbeat remarks from Nvidia's chief executive Jensen Huang on the promise of AI agents and OpenClaw.