Southeast Asia is part of the U.S.-China competition, with both powers vying for political, security and economic influence.

Shares of U.S. rare earth miners rallied in premarket trade on Tuesday, extending sharp gains from the previous session.

China's Commerce Ministry says it has banned dealings by Chinese companies with five subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean.

Chinese rare earth magnet companies have been facing tighter scrutiny on export license applications since September, sources say, even before Beijing's move last week to expand controls over the critical minerals used in magnets.

Stocks jumped Monday after President Trump said "all will be fine" with China, easing investor fears about his threat to add a new 100% tariff on the country's imports.

China’s soybean imports hit a record high for the month of September, even as the country avoids US supplies amid a resurgence in trade tensions between the agriculture powerhouses.'

BEIJING — Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend, a church spokesperson and relatives said, in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018.