China tests US-Japan-South Korea alliance with export controls

Jerry Yang, Taipei

Jan 9, 2026, 10:14 0

Credit: AFP

China is testing the extent of support US President Donald Trump would extend to Japan by imposing export controls on the country, just months after Trump boasted that he had solved the rare earth issue for the whole world...

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