The move is China's latest effort to enable the internationalisation of the yuan and protect its economy from capital outflows and geopolitical risks

US officials have played down the prospect of a major breakthrough in China-US ties, but say Blinken's primary goal is to establish durable communication channels with Beijing

Xi has previously said China needs to seize opportunities to use AI to drive economic development, but has also cautioned about its risks

The move by Rome’s right-wing administration aims to curb Chinese influence on one of Italy's most storied companies, whose data-collecting technology in tyres it says is key to national security

Prior to sanctions imposed by the West, which cut Moscow off from international financial systems, Russia made the dividend payments in dollars

Nomura said on Friday it has cut its forecast for China's GDP growth this year to 5.1% from 5.5%, following similar moves by UBS, Standard Chartered, Bank of America (BoA) and JPMorgan

China has not disclosed how many cremations occurred at the end of 2022 when Covid raged in many cities after it dropped tough restrictions designed to keep the pandemic in check

The investment, in a chip packaging facility in the Chinese city of Xian, will include buying packaging equipment from a Xian-based subsidiary of Taiwan's Powertech Technology

The 'Golden Visa' scheme has been a disappointment for wealthy Chinese who hoped to find a new life Down Under, as the well as the Australian government, which is set to change it

Beijing was talking tough on Friday in the lead-up to a visit by Antony Blinken, warning that "irresponsible hegemonic behaviour .. will only push China and the US towards confrontation"

Yadea, which already has six production hubs in China and one in Vietnam, will build the new plant near Manila with an annual capacity of up to 5m units

Germany publishes its first ever National Security Strategy which contains strong criticism of China but doesn’t mention Taiwan