China focuses on economy, trade over Ukraine peace role Preparations for negotiations over U.S. tariffs a priority for Xi China avoids risks to maintain ties with Russia for energy China engages more with Europe amid frosty relations BEIJING,

China supports all efforts conducive to peace talks in Ukraine, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, and stressed that Gaza and the West Bank are "not a bargaining chip in political trade-offs.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in London on Thursday as the two nations pursued a thaw in ties even as Europe reeled from Donald Trump’s intervention on Russia’s war in Ukraine.

China came out in support of U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, at a G20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday, while U.S. allies rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

From Beijing welcoming peace efforts to spy claims about a military veteran, here’s a round-up from today’s China and economy coverage.

In the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister to Dublin in a decade, Wang says Beijing supports European involvement in the peace process.

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China controls about 70 per cent of the world’s critical rare earth minerals, which are used in everything from mobile phones to cars.