The White House said before the meeting it was unlikely to produce a joint statement, as relations between the two sides are at their lowest in decades

A total of 290,086 Chinese students came to the US in the 2021 - 2022 academic year, half of whom studied "STEM" subjects, SCMP said

TikTok is on track to generate close to $10 billion in ad revenue this year, eclipsing the likes of Twitter and Snapchat, NYT said

Li's remarks on the war in Ukraine at the East Asia Summit were said to have been extensive and suggest Beijing is uncomfortable with Russia's nuclear rhetoric, a senior US official said

Biden said there was a need for respect for freedom of navigation and overflight in the East and South China Seas; the US would "compete vigorously" but ensure that "competition does not veer into conflict"

US Treasury officials said Yellen was keen to discuss China’s plans to ease its Covid restrictions and how it will deal with problems in its property sector when they get together.

Developing nations' debt levels shot up in 2021 with China accounting for 66% of loans by bilateral creditors, but Western creditors say Beijing has been slow to help states mired in debt

Crypto exchange said on Saturday it detected unauthorised access and analytics firms said crypto assets valued at around half a billion dollars were stolen and it may have been hacked.

India can continue buying as much Russian oil as it wants, provided it steers clear of Western insurance, finance and maritime services, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said.

US-China rivalry is expected to feature in talks at the ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, but the UN is also pushing hard for leaders to help end the war in Myanmar

Crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried transferred $10 billion of customer funds from FTX to his trading firm Alameda Research, sources allege, adding that about $1.7bn is 'missing'

The Institute of International Finance said Chinese bond markets have suffered total outflows of $105 billion over nine months, while Chinese stock portfolios lost $7.6bn in October, the most since March.