New fee announced at COP29 aims to deter methane emissions, but incoming president Donald Trump – a climate sceptic – is expected to scrap it

Court said worker printed about 4,000 pages of technical documents on chipmaking 'solutions' just before she quit to work for Huawei. She was jailed for 18 months and fined.

Alibaba said sales of dozens of brands topped a billion yuan, while JD.com said sales were up 20% on 2023, helped by a state subsidy scheme for new appliances launched in July

The COP29 summit’s ability to reach consensus on urgent climate action also remains in shrouded in doubt, given several prominent world leaders are planning to skip the event

Local governments are extorting money from entrepreneurs in wealthy cities via China's “disciplinary commissions,” Human Rights Watch says

New PM's next tests are an extra budget, seeing if he can meet Trump on his way to the G20 next week, while the BOJ ponders climate risks and a carbon tax

World's top carmaker plans to transfer greater responsibility to local staff who have a better grasp of the market, particularly around EVs and connected car tech

Battery materials firm GEM in deal with PT Vale Indonesia on a plant to secure nickel, while Tencent and Alibaba will develop cloud infrastructure. Jakarta gave no ground on China's sea claims.

The move, which will have far-reaching consequences for China’s semiconductor supply chains and tech giants, came after US officials visited Taiwan last week

Humanity is close to irreversible tipping points, as governments have not made deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, Guterres said

With total government, corporate and household debt estimated at three times of its economy, China has limited scope to manage big US tariff hikes

The decision comes after last year Ottawa began reviewing TikTok's plan to invest and expand its business in Canada