Weaker global demand and financial uncertainty have raised doubts about the strength of China's rebound, partly because of its lingering real estate downturn

Musk met Li Qiang in 2019 when he was party secretary in Shanghai. Sources say Tesla is grappling with issues such as delays to its plans to double production capacity at its factory in that city.

Japan wants to stop its advanced technology being used for military purposes and does not have a specific country in mind, the country's trade minister said

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Yellen's remark about leaving countries "trapped in debt" were "irresponsible" and "unreasonable", but experts say China's lending is often mired in secrecy

The move to join the CPTPP will deepen Britain's ties with Japan and several of the rising economies in Southeast Asia – Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore.

China's post-Covid recovery is being weighed down by weak exports and the real estate quagmire, but the services sector is enjoying strong growth, data released on Friday shows

"Achieving carbon neutrality requires 'carrots and sticks'," People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said

China's long-term battle to reduce the dollar's dominance in world trade took two steps forward this week, with the first LNG trade in yuan, plus Brazil agreeing to trade via local currencies

China and Brazil have struck a deal to trade in their own currencies instead of the US dollar, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, in another hit to US economic influence

China's biggest property developer says it has endured a "harsh winter" in a market that "won't recover overnight", after posting a record net loss of close to $890 million, its first in 16 years.

Elon Musk and artificial intelligence experts have signed an open letter calling for a 6-month pause in training of systems more powerful than GPT-4, warning of potential risks to society and humanity

China faces a shortage of an estimated 200,000 industry workers this year, a problem that has become even more critical in face of intensified US chip rivalry