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Yoko Kubota

ARTICLES BY YOKO KUBOTA

China warns AI startups seeking to emulate Meta deal: Not so fast

4 min read . 08 Jan 2026

Earlier this year, the electric-vehicle maker decided that it would stop using China-based suppliers for Tesla cars that are made in the U.S. (REUTERS)

Tesla requires suppliers to avoid made-in-China parts for US cars

4 min read . 15 Nov 2025

Tariffs on Chinese goods are paid for by U.S. importers but can hurt China’s factories by raising the cost of made-in-China products for Americans. (Bloomberg)

Trump’s fresh tariff assault threatens China’s fragile economy

6 min read . 13 Oct 2025

China’s top market regulator said Friday that it had launched an investigation into Qualcomm for suspected violation of the country’s antimonopoly law. (REUTERS)

China goes all in on US trade battle, with Qualcomm in the crosshairs

3 min read . 11 Oct 2025

For decades, China’s Communist Party has commissioned a steady flow of World War II books, films and television series to bolster its legitimacy.

China’s anti-Japan dramas get a Gen Z makeover

6 min read . 27 Sept 2025

Japan did a deal with Lynas Rare Earths, which has a processing plant in Western Australia.

China strong-armed Japan over rare earths. It’s a lesson for the US.

4 min read . 27 Jul 2025

Tesla’s market share in the category was down to 4% in May from 11% in early 2021, according to China Passenger Car Association data. (Reuters)

Elon Musk is running out of road in China

13 min read . 07 Jul 2025

US fireworks industry, reliant on China, faces tariff woes, jeopardizing 250th anniversary supply.

A Chinese fireworks maker is going all in on the US despite tariffs

5 min read . 04 Jul 2025

Tiangong Ultra, a humanoid robot, runs across the finish line while securing the first position during the E-Town Humanoid Robot Half Marathon, in Beijing, China, (File Photo: Reuters)

Man versus machine as China shows off humanoid robots in half-marathon

5 min read . 19 Apr 2025

Mike Wang says moving production of his company’s Christmas trees out of China would be too costly. Wang is a sales manager at the booth of Union Tree, a Christmas tree maker based in China’s eastern export hub of Yiwu (WSJ)

Chinese exporters hunt for alternatives to ‘irreplaceable’ US buyers

6 min read . 28 Mar 2025

President Trump said that he would impose a 25% tariff on all imported vehicles starting on April 2. (Reuters)

How Trump’s tariffs are hitting the world’s biggest auto exporters

2 min read . 27 Mar 2025

Xinjiang is home to millions of Muslims. (AFP/Getty Images)

Inside the Chinese region that has become a no-go for western companies

7 min read . 16 Mar 2025

Illustration: Alexandra Citrin-Safadi/WSJ; iStock

China tells its AI leaders to avoid US travel over security concerns

3 min read . 03 Mar 2025

A Louis Vuitton store in Shanghai. Photo: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News

China’s love affair with luxury has cooled

4 min read . 18 Feb 2025

BYD electric cars for export wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in China. The success of China’s electric-vehicle makers has ignited fears that the country may eclipse the West in some cutting-edge sectors. (Photo: AFP)

China’s Xi is building an economic fortress against US pressure

7 min read . 11 Feb 2025

BYD sold 3.7 million passenger cars last year in China, up 37% from a year earlier.

Tesla is losing ground against its biggest rival in China

5 min read . 11 Feb 2025

An aerial view shows cars and pickups on the dock waiting to be loaded onto ships for export at the port in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

The China shock behind the Honda-Nissan merger talks

4 min read . 18 Dec 2024

McKinsey’s Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels spoke at a Senate subcommittee hearing in February. Photo: Bloomberg News

McKinsey cuts hundreds from China workforce

5 min read . 17 Oct 2024

Major American brands like Apple, Starbucks and McDonald’s are rapidly losing market share in China to new domestic rivals. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Western firms that flocked to China are now pulling back

3 min read . 12 Sept 2024

A billboard promoting an XPeng electric vehicle in Beijing. (AFP/Getty Images)

After EVs, China seeks to dominate AI-powered autonomous driving

4 min read . 10 Sept 2024