A "new paradigm" was at play, said DoubleLine's Bill Campbell, such as tensions around Taiwan and in the South China Sea as potential flashpoints with the West.

The two countries could enhance cooperation through mechanisms such as the Group of 20, an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union

An administrator appointed by a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo to run the world's second-largest cobalt mine told CMOC to suspend marketing as well as production

The Vivo raids follow an Enforcement Directorate investigation into Xiaomi, another Chinese smartphone maker and one of India's leading brands

Environmental, social and governance rules require investors to avoid defence stocks, discouraging big investors such as pension funds, while China and Russia have nationalised defence industries.

China chipmakers lack the technology to keep it at the forefront of chip design and manufacture, says Jefferies Group analyst Edison Lee.

More than a dozen cases were identified in the casino on Tuesday, as mainland China's battle against the coronavirus continued with more than 400 new infections.

The call by Democratic senator Mark Warner and his Republican colleague Marco Rubio followed a Buzzfeed report saying TikTok staff in China could access private data of US users

President Joe Biden is unlikely to announce a decision until after he speaks to Chinese leader Xi Jinping - a planned call that is yet to be scheduled, his chief spokeswoman said

Tesla has been asking employees to agree to release it of all claims, in exchange for a severance of just one or two weeks' pay and benefits

Relations between the two Koreas are likely to deteriorate as the South's new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is expected to take a less conciliatory approach

Dmitry Kolker, a doctor of physics and mathematics at Novosibirsk State University, was detained on charges of treason, TASS quoted judicial authorities as saying.