Chinese leader Xi has responded by hitting the gas on manufacturing, pushing Chinese companies to pump out a surfeit of goods that are pouring into foreign markets and propping up the economy at home.

Beijing has enacted sweeping laws since US president-elect’s first term that would allow it to retaliate if threatened

Donald Trump launched a technological war against China in his first presidency. His next administration faces a much harder task: finishing it. Former officials say the incoming administration is expected to expand and deepen measures to hobble China’s ...