The move on Thursday could hit companies such as Apple, Dell and Samsung hard. Indeed, it appears aimed at forcing them to manufacture their products locally.

The 209kph tropical storm has already swept through Japan’s Okinawa, downing power lines and and killing one man

Some of the biggest rare-earth companies outside of China are facing challenges in refining elements for the green energy transition

VW and automaker FAW Group could "buy" a platform of EV technologies from Leapmotor, according to the state-backed news-site. Meanwhile, BYD is facing a tax probe in India.

A senate committee says the move would make Australia a more difficult target for serious foreign interference

Some city governments have hindered developers' access to tens of billions of dollars from property sales as the economy weakened in the second quarter

The world's largest crypto exchange withdrew from mainland China in 2017 during a regulatory crackdown, but the country is allegedly still the biggest source of its trading, a new report says

The move will put neighbouring and Western businesses on high alert amid worries normal commercial activities could be viewed as suspicious

President Xi Jinping ordered search and rescue efforts for those missing or trapped to be stepped up after the country’s worst storm in years

More than 1,400 funds were deregistered early in the year, due to rules on private funds' operational irregularities, such as incorrect or incomplete information disclosure

Chinese companies across the clean technology supply chain are looking to lock up access to resources amid forecasts of booming long-term demand

A spokesperson for China’s Defence ministry said the US must stop all forms of “military collusion” with Taiwan, saying Taiwan is a core Chinese interest that must not be crossed.