Former US president looks to have softened his position on TikTok, saying a bill to force the Chinese tech giant to divest its US operations would boost Facebook, which he also dislikes

China is well behind its goal to slash energy and carbon intensity, leading analysts say, with weak targets set for 2024 and no move to curb coal use

In a Weibo post, the Chinese tech giant said it has 59 stores in 29 cities that will take orders for its new EV, to be launched on March 28

China is facing an acute lack of skilled talent, particularly in AI and big data -- segments in which the country's job market has seen a good start this year

China's housing minister has reportedly warned that developers who "harm the interests of the masses" will be punished by not getting a bailout, while some state-backed firms are getting top-level backing

US lawmakers say cellular modems were found installed on cranes made by China's Shanghai Zhenhua, but the company says its cranes pose no security risk to any ports

Washington is also pushing the Netherlands to stop ASML from maintaining and servicing equipment it sold to China before the Dutch chip export curbs came into effect

Analysts warn that a full-throttled recovery is still not in the cards for China, and that "it is too early to conclude" that deflation was over in the world’s second-largest economy

The US Justice Department also said the bill forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok would put the government in a stronger legal position than if the app was simply banned

The slowdown has fuelled intensifying competition in China's EV market, led by a fresh round of deep cuts by Tesla-beating carmaker BYD

The liquidation of Evergrande is expected to take over a decade, and with many other developers in default, analysts expect the crisis to weigh on growth for a long time

TikTok and US representatives took shots at each other over everything from whether a new bill calls for a ban on the app to whether the ByteDance-backed firm should call on its users to push back against it