China's electric vehicle charging infrastructure saw rapid expansion in the first half of 2026, with total charging facilities reaching 23.06 million by the end of June, up 43.2 percent year on year, according to data released Tuesday by the National Energy Administration.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index plunged Tuesday, as stocks related to artificial intelligence and semiconductors came under heavy selling pressure.The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 2,566.27 points, or 3.95 percent, from Monday at 62,364.92.The broader Topix index, meanwhile,

The recent U.S. launch of a Section 301 investigation targeting overcapacity is a typical act of unilateralism that severely disrupts the international economic order, a Chinese commerce ministry official said Tuesday.

China's tax revenue rose 4.9 percent from a year earlier to more than 10 trillion yuan (about 1.47 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2026, supported by an improving economy and a recovery in factory-gate prices, tax authorities revealed Tuesday.

Consumption growth has slowed somewhat in China. In June, total retail sales of consumer goods reached 4.269.1 trillion yuan, up 1.0 percent year-on-year, compared with a decline of 0.6 percent, in the previous month.

The data on China’s national economy for the first half of 2026 were recently released. China’s GDP reached 69.6 trillion yuan in the first six months, up 4.7 percent year-on-year, with an increment of 3.6 trillion yuan that set a new high for the same period in nearly five years.