China has used a variety of tools to bar the likes of Australian barley, beef, wine, lobsters and coal from entering its market since 2020, with Saturday’s election result unlikely to change Canberra’s approach to its relations with Beijing.

Russia’s war in Ukraine will result in trade becoming more regional or alliance-based as opposed to global, which has long benefited China’s economy, experts say.

Myanmar’s military regime is reported to have cancelled tenders relating to 26 solar power projects, the majority of which involved Chinese investment.

China says its application to join the Pacific Rim trade pact is consistent with efforts to reform and open up the economy, but it is unclear whether the country can meet the deal’s high standards.

Australian wine exporters have had to navigate ‘an exceptionally challenging operating environment’, largely caused by the imposition of tariffs on bottled Australian wine imported to mainland China, a new report says.

Caterers in the Chinese capital will be limited to offering takeaways and deliveries over the five-day break.

China’s box office revenues took a major blow over the Labour Day holiday because of coronavirus controls in some of the country’s biggest cities.

Coronavirus-related restrictions and lockdowns have disrupted global supply chains over the last two years as many of them begin in China.

Businesses have been forced to adjust their outlooks because of delays resulting from China’s zero-Covid ambitions, but ‘transport isn’t stopping’.

China’s ‘complex’ regulations surrounding data protection are putting pressure on US businesses and creating policy and compliance issues, says the US-China Business Council.

Despite frustration within the European Union (EU) over Beijing’s stance on the Ukraine war, trade ties are unlikely to be significantly affected by EU policymakers’ attempts to diversify supply chains, analysts say.

Though there is bipartisan political support in the US for the proposed investment screening regime, it is not yet clear what shape it will take or how it will impact American firms already in China, say experts.

Trade between China and Hong Kong has been reduced as the various coronavirus restrictions have increased delivery times and costs.

Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday that weak revenues and high spending erase fiscal surpluses and expand deficits across developing Asia.

China’s refusal to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine should have minimal impact on its trade in Asia, analysts in the region say, despite US efforts to ‘tear up the relationship between China, Europe and Asean’.

The odds of China and Australia going back to the negotiation table to repair their trade relationship is being complicated by the Ukraine war and upcoming federal election.

Beijing and Moscow see development of Russia’s Far East as a driver of regional growth. With Russia increasingly isolated, it could also help soften Western sanctions.

Move from state assets watchdog in line with China’s new long-term growth model, observer says.

Becoming the world’s largest economy is still on the cards for China, according to the Lowy Institute, but vastly surpassing the United States is out of the question.

As the United States marshals allies to impose sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, some have questioned whether China may use the distraction to attempt to expand its interests in the Middle East.

Beijing has been trying to insulate itself from a global financial system that is heavily tied to the US dollar, but strict capital controls still hinder the yuan’s use.

Germany is still a go-to destination for Chinese firms looking to acquire hi-tech goods, but broader tensions between Beijing and Europe are clouding the investment outlook.

China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System is likely to become more important for transactions with Russia after the country was banned from the Swift system for invading Ukraine.

The campaign to reduce China’s wealth gap presents new marketing challenges for global brands, though most are focused on the benefits of an enlarged middle class.

China is likely to support Russia financially and through trade throughout the Ukraine crisis, though if the situation escalates Beijing may ‘rethink its position’, experts say.

The first Russian military units have entered Kyiv, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry said on Friday, on the second day of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Following Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine on Monday, analysts say the impact of Western sanctions on Russia-China economic cooperation is likely to be ‘limited’.

Trying to impose one’s economic will on another country will get them nowhere, experts say, as parties will do what they feel is best for their own country and people.

The Narrowing interest rate gap with the United States poses an economic risk to China, but Beijing has the tools to minimise the impact, according to analysts.

Despite an increase in exports to China last year, many Australian firms are still on edge as political tension between Canberra and Beijing shows no signs of easing.