The National Energy Administration and Aramco exchanged views on global energy security and oil and gas cooperation.

Exports to the U.S. surged the most since March 2021, extending a rebound following a long streak of double-digit declines for the most of last year.

Barely a week after Nvidia-backed chipmaker Coherent warned of a shortage of indium phosphide in an earnings call in early May, its CEO Jim Anderson was on a plane with a U.S. business delegation accompanying President Donald Trump on his trip to China.

China has again called on the United States and Iran to avoid further escalation after new U.S. strikes on Iranian targets and Iranian retaliation against U.S.-linked sites in the Gulf and Jordan. Beijing’s message reflects both diplomatic caution and practical concern: a wider Gulf war could threaten energy flows,

The Pentagon added Alibaba, BYD and Unitree to a list of Chinese firms allegedly supporting Beijing's military.

The Philippines has protested China’s deployment of what Manila describes as a floating “structure” with personnel on a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, fearing it could be a part of Beijing’s effort to turn the uninhabited atoll into an island base.

Seventeen people were taken to the hospital, but none were in critical condition.