Xi came into the meeting looking for respect from the US, and also seeking to improve fast-cooling business dealings with the world's biggest economy
Chinese IT groups say they have built the fastest long-distance internet links and can transmit data at 1.2 terabits per second
Huawei saw its sales surge 83% in the first four weeks of October, according to data from Hong Kong-based research firm Counterpoint
For US businesses, the dinner will particularly be a chance to hear directly from the leader of the world’s second-biggest economy as they search for ways to navigate its economic slowdown
Beijing bought $14-billion worth of chipmaking equipment from the Netherlands and other countries this year, before they imposed bans to compliment the US-led effort
Holiday spending is likely to have boosted the latest factory and retail data for October, according to analysts, who say a proper recovery is still elusive
China seems poised to the end the year on a high too, with the final two months of the year seen as seasonally high for vehicle sales
Beijing is desperate to rein in years of over-investment in infrastructure to prevent $12 trillion of local government debt from rising and weighing on the economy
If approved, the new measures will apply specifically to auditors that have been hired by domestic firms or are conducting cross-border work
Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday, with stocks in China flat, while shares in Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Australia rose
The Biden-Xi summit in San Francisco is likely to see a pledge to ban AI in nuclear weapons and autonomous weapons, sources have told the South China Morning Post
The arrest of a prominent Japanese executive in China has caused a chill in dealings; Japanese investment has plunged this year and many Japanese are too scared to even work in the country