China's interest bill soars 341% to 19% of budget, topping US
Beijing's debt-servicing costs have outpaced every other spending category, signaling fiscal strain as growth stalls and state banks prop up weak borrowers.

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Beijing's debt-servicing costs have outpaced every other spending category, signaling fiscal strain as growth stalls and state banks prop up weak borrowers.
The French icon returns as an electric car, a direct answer to the Chinese rivals squeezing Europe's automakers.
The VW CEO says Brussels must reward real value creation as cheaper Chinese brands squeeze European automakers - and his support could shape the EU's industrial response.
The 'Trump whisperer' keeps his White House and Beijing access as Apple navigates tariffs and a $4.6 trillion market cap.
The deal doubles Uber's dual-services footprint and pushes a ride-and-eats bundling play into 50 more markets.
A barge landing and net-based recovery move China from theory to proof, reshaping the reusability race and satellite ambitions.
The Nasdaq leads a broad selloff as investors question the billions poured into AI compute after a Chinese model upends cost assumptions.