HONG KONG (Reuters) -China recorded more than 653.7 million inter-regional passenger trips during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, up 2.5% year-on-year, state media reported on Tuesday, with the indicator closely watched as a barometer of Chinese consumer confidence.

The Dragon Boat Festival commenced with vibrant celebrations across China as foreign tourists immersed themselves in the country’s rich traditions.Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar,

China says the US has "severely violated" their trade truce and will take strong measures to defend its interests. China's Ministry of Commerce said Washington has "seriously undermined" the agreement reached during talks in Geneva last month,

A private gauge of China’s manufacturing activity tumbled in May, touching the lowest level since September 2022 as tariffs continue to weigh, despite the U.S. trade truce. The Caixin manufacturing purchasing managers index signaled a contraction for the first time in eight months.

Chinese manufacturing activity in May experienced its fastest decline since September 2022. The PMI index, which assesses the economic health of China's industrial sector, stood at 48.3 points in May,

BEIJING: Chinese factory activity hit a more than two-year low in May, a closely watched survey showed today, as a detente in Beijing’s trade war with Washington was offset by ongoing domestic problems in the world’s number two economy.

Trump had earlier accused the Chinese side of having "TOTALLY VIOLATED" the Geneva agreement that had resulted in the U.S. and China both reducing their import tariffs by 115 perc