Analysts believe New Zealand’s strategic importance in the Pacific, and growing awareness about the country's politics, has upset authoritarian leaders such as Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin

China is reportedly considering an export ban on "rare-earth magnet technology" in retaliation for the US restricting exports of advanced computer chips

Speaker Kevin McCarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to Taiwan after meeting President Tsai in California, while Taiwanese officials monitor a Chinese carrier near the island

Macron has flown in with a 50-strong business delegation, while Von der Leyen has said the EU must move to cut risks in its trade ties with Beijing

Merger reviews have become an additional tool for Beijing in its tit-for-tat fight with Washington over access to advanced technology

Beijing urges the World Trade Organization to scrutinse export restrictions imposed by the US, Netherlands and Japan on companies that make advanced computer chips

China's consulate in Los Angeles said the meeting was "a political show" that would affect the political foundation of Sino-US ties

Russia's central bank has been calling for companies and citizens to move assets into rouble or 'friendly' currencies to avoid the risk of them being blocked or frozen amid sanctions over war in Ukraine

Petronas will proceed with a project in Kasawari gasfield off Borneo Island as it is in local waters, but Malaysia "is open to negotiations" with China, new PM said

Signs indicate that in the wake of the pandemic, more Chinese families are looking to relocate assets, and themselves, in Southeast Asia, Australia or even Canada

Cyber experts said the Pinduoduo app has features similar to malicious software with "the ability to spy on its users" and gain access to "a higher level of access to data than it's supposed to"

Deals above the $60-a-barrel cap were allowed by the US, as Japan relied heavily on energy imports; they were "relatively small" and came mainly from the Sakhalin-2 project