China rejects tariff threat over Russian oil purchases.
Today's events
Russian-oil tariffs.
Commerce Ministry rejected the new American law allowing 100% tariffs on third countries that import Russian oil, calling unauthorized secondary sanctions illegitimate.1Oct 4 · CommerceUnpaid business bills.
Supreme People's Court and the national business federation released ten model mediation cases on overdue payments owed to private firms, implementing the private-economy law.2Oct 8 · Supreme CourtSeaweed carbon standard.
Market regulator announced the first international standard for measuring carbon captured by farmed seaweed, written by China with Norway, Italy, India, South Korea and Iceland.3Oct 8 · Market reg.Foreign investment.
Foreign direct investment fell 5.3% to 479.95 billion yuan over January–August, while high-technology sectors drew 35.1% more and took 41.7% of the total.4Oct 3 · CommerceJapan defense paper.
Defense ministry called Japan's new defense white paper full of false narratives after it named China the greatest strategic challenge, restating Taiwan as a red line.5Oct 3 · Defense MinistryGuizhou double expulsion.
Anti-corruption body expelled Kang Keyan, a former deputy director in Guizhou's provincial political advisory conference, from the Party and public office over bribery.6Oct 8 · Discipline Comm.Taiwan fighter jets.
Foreign ministry restated firm opposition to American arms sales after Taiwan received two F-16V jets and said sixty-four more arrive this year.7Oct 6 · Foreign MinistryMotorhome consumption.
State Council circulated measures from ten ministries to unblock recreational-vehicle sales and build campsite businesses, part of the push to lift household demand.8Oct 3 · State CouncilGlobal governance bloc.
Foreign ministry said ninety-four countries joined China's statement at the United Nations rights council urging a correction of international human-rights governance.9Oct 3 · Foreign Ministry
Voices
“China has consistently opposed unilateral sanctions that lack United Nations authorization or a basis in international law, and opposes so-called secondary sanctions on other countries.”
Spokesperson, Ministry of Commerce · Oct 41
“Mediation is low-cost, efficient and does not sour relations: creditors recover payment, debtors win relief, and the business relationship is repaired.”
Supreme People's Court, joint case release · Oct 82
“Japan's new defense white paper is full of false narratives and hypes the so-called China threat. We are strongly dissatisfied and firmly oppose it.”
Sr. Col. Chen Xi, Spokesperson, Ministry of National Defense · Oct 35
“China's position of firmly opposing United States arms sales to the Taiwan region of China is consistent and clear.”
Guo Jiakun, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Oct 67
“To expand domestic demand and lift consumption, clear the blockages in recreational-vehicle spending and cultivate new formats such as motorhome camping.”
State Council General Office, Circular No. 82 · Oct 38
“The standard provides quantifiable, verifiable and globally applicable rules for measuring algal carbon capture, giving technical support to the blue-carbon economy and global climate governance.”
State Administration for Market Regulation · Oct 83
Sources
- Ministry of Commerce, “Commerce Ministry Spokesperson Answers Questions on the U.S. Signing the Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 Into Law,” October 4, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/graham-act-response
- Supreme People's Court, “Supreme People's Court and All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Jointly Release Model Cases on Resolving Overdue Corporate Payment Disputes,” October 8, 2026. court.gov.cn/zixun/…/513631
- State Administration for Market Regulation, “China-Led International Standard for Measuring Carbon Sequestration by Farmed Macroalgae Officially Released,” October 8, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/sj/…/macroalgae-carbon-standard
- Ministry of Commerce, “China Used 479.95 Billion Yuan of Foreign Investment in January–August 2026,” October 3, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/fdi-jan-aug-2026
- Ministry of National Defense, “Defense Ministry Spokesperson Chen Xi Answers Questions on Japan's 2026 Defense White Paper,” October 3, 2026. mod.gov.cn/gfbw/xwfyr/…/japan-defense-white-paper
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Kang Keyan, Former Deputy Director of the Guizhou CPPCC Committee on Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese and Foreign Affairs, Expelled From the Party and From Public Office,” October 8, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/kang-keyan
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun Answers Questions, October 6, 2026,” October 6, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/20261006
- State Council General Office, “Circular Forwarding the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Other Departments' Several Measures on Promoting Recreational-Vehicle Consumption” (Guobanhan No. 82 of 2026), October 3, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/rv-consumption-measures
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun Answers Questions, October 3, 2026,” October 3, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/20261003