The latest official data suggests China's sprawling manufacturing sector and the broader economy are struggling to regain momentum.

China led the funding of chip startups in 2023 by a wide margin over the US, with local startups receiving 75% of all venture-capital funds in firms doing chip design, making chips or chip equipment

US security officials say they recently disabled a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that compromised thousands of internet devices in critical infrastructure in the Pacific and other areas

US firm that makes chip testing equipment pulled gear worth $1 billion out of China last year after deciding it was 'too risky' to stay amid supply chain and other issues

The heads of two House committees said the four companies have direct ties to the Chinese military, Chinese Communist Party, plus the North Korean government and alleged rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region

Cumulative net buying of Chinese equities from January 23 to 25 totalled $12 billion and was the biggest three-day spree in more than five years, Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients

Custom officials say integrated circuit chips, classed as strategic items and worth $11.6 million, were funneled to mainland via a South Korean company; firm's executives now face prosecution

The verdict in Hong Kong came as no surprise. Analysts are now anxious to see how courts on the mainland react to this outcome, and what impact it will have on moves to rev up the economy

A record 9 billion domestic trips are expected to be made over the next six or so weeks, state media has predicted.

Chinese share funds saw the second largest inflow ever in the week to Wednesday, a Bank of America Global Research report showed on Friday

A Hong Kong Court is due to hear applications on Monday to wind up the world's most indebted developer in what may be one of the biggest and most complex liquidation cases ever.

Move to relax lending rules seen as unlikely to have a significant impact because banks won't lend to private developers unless they're forced to, analysts say