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FILE -Chinese waitresses dressed in orange shorts and t-shirts cheers while welcoming the arriving guests at the Hooters restaurant in Beijing, China, Sept. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Hooters was dumped by its NASCAR team and sued for only hiring ‘Hooters Girls’ to serve customers. Now it’s filed for bankruptcy

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

used tablet blister packs

Most of the world’s 35,000 online pharmacies are run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting bad drugs, US report warns

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

FILE – Workers check solar panels at a solar power station on a factory roof in Changxing, eastern China’s Zhejiang province on Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/File)

Biden administration will hike tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

SUQIAN, CHINA – OCTOBER 08: An employee works on the production line of Jiangsu Poppula Semiconductor Co., Ltd. on October 8, 2024 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images)

How China’s critical minerals could become a tipping point in its trade conflict with the U.S.

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

FILE – Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao speaks at a press conference on the sideline of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China bans exports to U.S. of key high-tech materials in response to expanded American chip sanctions

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

United States and Chinese flags

U.S. adds 140 firms to list of Chinese technology companies under export controls

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

Chinese-made vehicles are being assembled at Yantai Port and exported via a car carrier in Yantai, Shandong province, China, on August 6, 2024. On August 7, 2024, the General Administration of Customs is releasing data showing that in the first seven months of this year, the total value of China’s trade in goods import and export is 24.83 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.2%, and the scale of import and export is reaching a record high for the same period. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

China’s domestic auto sales tumbled in July but exports jumped 20% as EV makers turned focus abroad

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

An electronic quotation board displays share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 6, 2024. Tokyo stocks bounced back in early trade on August 6 following a historic selloff on worries over the US economy and a stronger yen. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Nikkei 225 index jumps almost 11% on Tuesday, one day after Japan’s worst stock plunge since 1987

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

A woman looks at buildings on the the skyline from a viewing platform in a mall in Beijing’s central business district on July 11, 2024. Eyes are turning to the start of China’s Third Plenum gathering on July 15, where top officials including President Xi Jinping are expected to discuss ways to kickstart the world’s number two economy in the face of an ongoing property crisis and geopolitical issues. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

China’s GDP growth slowed last quarter to 4.7%, below forecasts, as ‘insufficient’ domestic demand takes a toll on the economy

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

Wang Chuanfu, chairman and chief executive officer at BYD Co., center, arrives at the launch of the company’s new plant in Nikhom Phatthana, Rayong province, Thailand, on Thursday, July 4, 2024. BYD’s shares have defied heavy losses in EV stocks around the world to gain more than 6% in Hong Kong this year thanks to the introduction of the fifth generation of its plug-in hybrid drive system in May. Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images

China’s BYD expands its reach into Southeast Asia as it inaugurates first EV plant in Thailand

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

The large-diameter shield machine for the high-speed railway tunnel at Xiaoshan International Airport is being delivered off the production line at Hangzhou Xiaoshan Base of China Railway Equipment in Hangzhou, China, on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

China’s factory slowdown continues as new export orders falter after EU and U.S. announce plans to increase EV tariffs

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

People dance at a park in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. China’s population declined at a faster pace in 2023 as births fell to a record low, accelerating a demographic shift that poses long-term challenges to a government already contending with deflation pressures and a property crisis. Source: Bloomberg

Asia needs better education and social safety nets to grow rich as aging and AI threaten livelihoods, UN says

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

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Asian economic region is ‘underachieving its own potential,’ World Bank says

By Elaine Kurtenbach and The Associated Press

This photo taken on May 17, 2019 shows a container ship berthing at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province. – EU firms are “caught in the crossfire” of the US-China trade war, which is hurting the economic environment and exports to the United States, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said on May 20, 2019. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP via Getty Images)

China’s uncertainty and ‘draconian regulations’ have drastically raised risks for foreign businesses in the country, European business group says

By Elaine Kurtenbach, Ken Moritsugu, and others

Customers are seen at the American multinational chain Starbucks Coffee store seen in Hong Kong.

U.S. companies are skittish about investing in China—unless it’s in fast food chains or cappuccinos

By Aamer Madhani, Paul Wiseman, and others