Keith Bradsher

The possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz may not prompt China to return quickly to prewar levels of oil purchases from the Persian Gulf.

BEIJING — China took aim on Monday at a U.S. government program to reduce U.S. reliance on Chinese imports for rare-earth magnets, a move that risks reigniting trade tensions with

EACH April, the world's top auto executives and engineers fly to China's main auto show to take stock of BYD, the electric car powerhouse that passed Tesla in global sales last year.

Video footage showed broken windows and debris, including what appeared to be the tail of a small aircraft, falling dozens of stories into the street below.

The statement came a day after online images showed falling debris and plane parts. Another 13 were injured in the incident five miles from Communist Party headquarters.

Beijing banned shipments of important supplies to 14 companies on the cutting edge of chemicals processing, electric motors and defense.

Zhu Rongji, the former Chinese premier who played a pivotal role in guiding his country toward a market-based economy in the 1990s and subsequently into the World Trade Organization, died Wednesday in Beijing. He was 97.

China’s regulator ordered changes after vehicle occupants sometimes had difficulty exiting electric cars with retractable door handles after crashes.