Chinese President Xi Jinping says 'trend toward reunification is unstoppable' in New Year address; Taiwanese coast guard monitoring remaining warships.

US grants annual licences to TSMC and two Korean chipmakers to import chipmaking tools to their plants in China; Nvidia asks TSMC to ramp H200 chip output

Drone swarm sent into Thai airspace could derail ceasefire deal that ended three weeks of conflict on the Thai-Cambodian frontier, Thai army warns. The fighting has displaced half a million people on both sides.

BlackRock and shipping group MSC have said Cosco's demand for a majority stake and veto rights in running Hutchison's ports is unacceptable, so Trump and Xi may have to resolve the impasse

New US rules are set to have the hardest impact on China’s DJI, which is the world’s largest drone maker and accounts for an estimated 80% of all commercial drones sold in the US

Japan will conduct a deepsea mining test next month off its most easterly island, where the seabed is believed to be rich in manganese and rare earth elements

Demand for renewables and data centres has caused a surge in shipments of lithium-ion storage batteries, with Chinese firms exporting more than $66 billion this year

Government stands by its no-nukes pledge after an unnamed security official suggested the country should have such weapons to deter aggressors. Japan has been intimidated by three nuclear-armed neighbours.

This is the first indication from China that it is now seeing cars with L3 autonomous driving capabilities as legitimate products ready for mass adoption

Latest state data shows retail sales at their weakest in three years, while home prices continue to fall and even car sales slump

Beijing urges the Gulf Cooperation Council to conclude talks on a free-trade agreement, which first started over 20 years ago

Intense competition in China has hammered profitability for automakers, suppliers and dealers but regulators are now looking to penalise absurdly low pricing