Xi came into the meeting looking for respect from the US, and also seeking to improve fast-cooling business dealings with the world's biggest economy

Chinese IT groups say they have built the fastest long-distance internet links and can transmit data at 1.2 terabits per second

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index saw its best day in four months, while the Nikkei rose 2.5% and most other Asian markets and currencies were also lifted

For US businesses, the dinner will particularly be a chance to hear directly from the leader of the world’s second-biggest economy as they search for ways to navigate its economic slowdown

Analysts say the BOJ is looking for an appropriate time to raise interest rates. Many experts believe the policy change could occur in April.

Beijing bought $14-billion worth of chipmaking equipment from the Netherlands and other countries this year, before they imposed bans to compliment the US-led effort

Holiday spending is likely to have boosted the latest factory and retail data for October, according to analysts, who say a proper recovery is still elusive

China seems poised to the end the year on a high too, with the final two months of the year seen as seasonally high for vehicle sales

Beijing is desperate to rein in years of over-investment in infrastructure to prevent $12 trillion of local government debt from rising and weighing on the economy

If approved, the new measures will apply specifically to auditors that have been hired by domestic firms or are conducting cross-border work

Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday, with stocks in China flat, while shares in Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Australia rose

The Biden-Xi summit in San Francisco is likely to see a pledge to ban AI in nuclear weapons and autonomous weapons, sources have told the South China Morning Post