The Chinese EV giant's move to introduce self-driving to its cheapest EV models — priced as low as just $9,555 — far undercuts rivals such as Tesla

While China exports only tiny volumes of steel to the US, it is responsible for much of the world's excess steel capacity which eventually makes its way to American markets

There has been no hint yet of any progress in talks between Beijing and Washington, with Trump saying last week he was in no hurry to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

Chinese market analysts believe DeepSeek's launch is a 'watershed' moment that shows Beijing can hold its ground amid an intense tech war with rival US

As Donald Trump tests America's ties with some of its closest allies, China is quickly emerging as the West's hedge against his tariff threats

Catering outlets, restaurants and cafes have been hammered by China's intensifying economic slowdown over the past year, according to recent industry reports.

Huawei to make DeepSeek model available on Ascend, while Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent's cloud arms also say they've made its models accessible via their services

US Postal Service has stopped receiving parcels from China and Hong Kong while it rejigs operations after President Trump closed the de minimis loophole

The lifting of the de minimis loophole will hurt the Chinese and US e-commerce firms but won't kill them, an analyst said

"These moves are warnings that China intends to harm US interests if need be, but still give China the option to back down," one analyst said

Social media accounts run by Chinese state media, plus embassies highlighted DeepSeek's 'breakthrough' prior to the stock crash on Monday and push Beijing's narrative on surpassing the US in critical areas of competition, report says

US executives say limiting the 'distillation' process from open-source models, in which one AI system learns from another, may be difficult to stop