Popular support saw a share sale by the Chinese company ramped up and ended with the firm raising $5.5 billion, it said on Tuesday.

With foreign investment down 27% last year, Chinese authorities sought to lift concerns by releasing five local staff of Mintz nabbed two years ago in a raid that turned out to be the start of a crackdown on consultants and due diligence firms

Musk, now leading the move to slash government spending, is meeting top military officials at Pentagon for talks which sources say may involve secret war plans

$23-billion incentives programme that aimed to lure manufacturers away from China was hindered by red tape and slow meagre payouts, officials said, but two sectors enjoyed huge growth

Shares in Asian defence suppliers have soared amid expectation Europe will buy more military equipment, while Trump is also looking ramp up US shipbuilding to narrow the vast output and capacity gap with China

Some private banks will be able to have up to 49% foreign ownership – up from 30% – if they take over struggling financial institutions, Hanoi has said

Trump's plan to charge Chinese vessels a big fee at US ports is looking uncertain as exporters struggle to find US-built or flagged ships to send goods abroad. It is also impacting farm and other exports

China sends delegation to Panama to try to review and possibly reverse its exit from Belt and Road Scheme, while scrutinizing the US deal to buy CK Hutchison's ports

Nvidia chief expected to reveal details about the company's new flagship AI chips – designed for huge data centres that train AI systems

PetroVietnam signed an MoU with to buy GE equipment for gas-fired power plants, plus deals with Conoco Phillips and Excelerate, while oil refiner Binh Son did a deal with Kellogg Brown & Root

Fears rise that Beijing may seek to block the $22.8bn port deal; shares of CK Hutchison plunge after Chinese media damn the deal as a 'betrayal' of the Chinese people and an 'act of US hegemony'

The car will cost at least 20% less to produce than the refreshed Model Y launched last year, sources said. Production will begin next year.