The Fujian and its strike group represent a strategic game changer that will bring Beijing closer to its goal of eroding U.S. maritime primacy in its backyard.

China, the world’s biggest importer of soybeans, has stopped buying U.S. crops to put pressure on Trump ahead of his trade-focused meeting with Xi Jinping.

Beijing’s new export controls on rare earths are designed to force the U.S. to drop its own restrictions on selling advanced computer chips to China, analysts say.

Trump’s threat came after Beijing suddenly imposed strict export controls on critical raw materials, reigniting the U.S.-China trade conflict.

Chinese sales of fiber-optic cable and lithium-ion batteries to Russian drone makers surged over the summer, underscoring Beijing’s “no limits” ties with Moscow.