Mei tells TIME he noticed the memes of American factory workers started to spread in recent weeks amid the escalating U.S.-China trade war, when Chinese social media users began wondering what ...

Chinese social media accounts are leaning into Beijing’s trade war with the US by putting out AI-generated posts of Americans clocking in for factory ... with a “Made in China” tag ...

China’s factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in a year in March, welcome news for the world’s No. 2 economy before expected US tariffs that could further strain trade ties. The ...

China is the world’s largest manufacturer in terms of output and gained a reputation as the “world’s factory” shortly after its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001.

China’s factory activity hit a 12-month high in March, as the country ramped up measures to boost the economy in the face of an escalating tariff war with the United States. The official ...

BEIJING — China's manufacturing activity grew in March for the highest rate in a year, official data showed Monday, a rare bright spot as the world's second-largest economy struggles to climb out of a ...