Washington and Brussels also plan to coordinate export controls on semiconductors when the EU-US Trade and Technology Council meets

Defence minister Chiu Kuo-Cheng says Taiwan would not tolerate the destruction of TSMC's facilities to deter an attack by China, as some US strategists have suggested

The billionaire, who recently slashed his multi billion-dollar stake in Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, said he was 'pleasantly surprised' at the progress of recent Japanese investments

US intelligence director Avril Haines gave that estimate of global economic impact to the Senate Armed Services panel, noting that Taiwan's TSMC is the world's biggest maker of advanced chips

Sources say the cyberspace regulator ordered Wind to stop providing offshore users with certain data; other data providers have also restricted data access as geopolitical tensions rise

China condemns NATO's 'continual eastward expansion' suggesting its plan to have a liaison office in Japan is an 'attempt to destroy regional peace and stability'

'China Competition Bill 2.0' will seek to limit advanced tech and capital going to China; boost curbs on buying US land and restrict foreign computer apps; and deter China from conflict with Taiwan

"This export restriction is noticeable, but it's not quite as devastating as it could have been," one expert said

Scores of Chinese and foreigners have been ensnared by exit bans in recent years, according to a new report by the rights group, including an executive with Mintz due diligence group

Exports to China tumbled 26% for their 11th consecutive month of declines, while those to the US fell 4.4% but shipments to the European Union rose 9.9%

Recent data shows that China is supplying computer chips, micro-circuits and similar items estimated at around $500 million a month, as well as huge purchases of Russian oil and gas

Stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen had lost about $519 billion in market capitalization, while firms on the Nasdaq Golden Dragon index lost a combined $31 billion