The research center said its survey also found a "marked departure" from the results of a 2023 survey, with more people seeing China as the world's leading economic power. A median of 41 percent saw China as the top economy, compared with a 39 percent median who named the United States.

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Russia and China's foreign ministers on Sunday discussed their relations with the United States and the prospects for ending the war in Ukraine, Russia's foreign ministry said in a statement. President Vladimir Putin's foreign minister,

President Donald Trump has ordered Republicans to get behind a new bill headed to the House on Tuesday, which he says will put the United States "lightyears ahead of China, Europe, and all others."

In seven other countries, people have a more positive opinion of China than the U.S. These include the United States’ southern neighbor, Mexico, where 56% of adults view China positively and 29% say the same of the U.S. China gets the better ratings in four other middle-income countries surveyed: South Africa, Turkey, Kenya and Indonesia.

China's imports of major commodities presented a mixed picture in the first half, but if there is a clear trend it is that the world's top buyer of natural resources is increasingly sensitive to prices.

Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.

The United States is working to ensure that if war with China comes, major Pacific allies are ready, according to a new report. China has issued years of bellicose verbal barrages about invading Taiwan,

China and Russia declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing, days before he sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Putin has sometimes described China as an "ally".