Prosecutors say Zhao, who faces sentencing in a Seattle court next week, should serve 36 months in jail for serious money laundering offences. Meanwhile, a Binance exec is languishing in a jail in Nigeria amid a legal row over 'unpaid taxes' and other 'crimes'.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four auditors, had been Evergrande’s auditor since 2009, when the developer listed in Hong Kong

Huawei looks set to become the No-1 smartphone seller in China this year, backed by the launch of its new series of high-end phones

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to fly to Beijing to outline this threat in a bid to stop China's financial backing for Russia's military production

Chinese entities bought advanced Nvidia chips embedded in server products made by Super Micro, Dell and Taiwan's Gigabyte Technology after chip curbs were expanded late last year

Tesla and Apple suppliers in the southern province of Guangdong say production has been unaffected so far – despite rising water levels

Chinese electric vehicle-makers have rushed to take on Tesla, despite increasing competition, slowing demand and looming oversupply

Raimondo’s views come at a time when Huawei's revelation of a new AI-enabled laptop, powered by Intel's new Core Ultra 9 chip, has angered China hardliners in the US

Russia was also China's main supplier throughout 2023, shipping 2.14 million bpd despite Western sanctions and a price cap

Beijing is desperate to rebuild confidence among overseas investors as its economy continues to struggle post-Covid

Officials from some of the world's biggest cities are in Washington to lobby for better access to capital, to help them manage global warming and extreme weather

China announces "anti-dumping penalties" on imports of a US chemical and orders Apple to cut WhatsApp and other messaging apps. Analysts say trade tensions look set to get much hotter