US auditors continue to inspect the books of top Chinese companies listed in the US. PwC chairman Bob Moritz said: "We will continue to share the information that is allowable."

The US is expected to announce new moves this week to stop Chinese firms gaining access to chips enabling high-performance computing.

A US-led group met with African nations recently to bolster supply chains needed for the clean energy transition in a bid to "challenge Chinese dominance" in critical minerals

Users attempting to access the service are now redirected to Google's generic search bar, with a notice advertising Google Translate's Hong Kong webpage, South China Morning Post said.

Letters to Nvidia and AMD last month telling them to stop shipment of chips used for language processing and nuclear weapons research are likely precursors to new rules, official says

The semiconductor shortage, which forced some carmakers to halt production, put a spotlight on chip powerhouse Taiwan and made supply chain management a priority for governments

Meta said it disrupted a China-based influence operation using Facebook and Instagram accounts with political content aimed at users in the US ahead of the midterm elections

The proposal comes as pressure mounts on ByteDance over TikTok's 'excessive' harvesting of users' data, which could be shared with Chinese authorities.

Democrat leaders are among a bipartisan group who urged Biden to issue an order to "safeguard our national security and supply chain resiliency on outbound investments to foreign adversaries."

Chaoqun, 31, was found to be gathering details on engineers and scientists in the US working on artificial intelligence, aerospace technology and aircraft carriers, reports said.

ByteDance has so far resisted US demands to divest TikTok, with the details of the new data security deal still being hammered out

About 10 officials from the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance have arrived in Hong Kong to aid and monitor the audit inspection, sources say