The US Justice Department also said the bill forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok would put the government in a stronger legal position than if the app was simply banned

The slowdown has fuelled intensifying competition in China's EV market, led by a fresh round of deep cuts by Tesla-beating carmaker BYD

TikTok and US representatives took shots at each other over everything from whether a new bill calls for a ban on the app to whether the ByteDance-backed firm should call on its users to push back against it

The employee, a Chinese national, stole details about chips and software that helps power a supercomputer "capable of executing at the cutting edge of machine learning and AI technology"

The European Commission said increasing imports from China risked injuring the region's carmakers at a magnitude "that would be difficult to repair”

The Chinese firm said it had ended its lawsuits against Amazon in Germany over patented technology related to wifi and video playback

China already has ambitious plans for long-term lunar habitation, starting with plans to land its first taikonauts on the Moon to using 3D printing technology to construct buildings on its surface

Both firms have seen their market shares squeezed by local rivals such as smartphone-maker Huawei and electric vehicle giant BYD, while a larger economic slowdown shadows China

The advisory comes after India's top tech minister lambasted Google's Gemini AI tool for a response that said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of implementing "fascist" policies

The world’s two biggest EV-makers have been locked in a drawn-out and brutal price war in China since the beginning of last year

Reports of BYD’s plans to expand production in Mexico spurred speculation that the EV giant was looking for a way into the US car market

Nikkei heavyweights with a significant presence in China have seen mega rallies, especially in the chip sector