Tokyo and China shares lead Asian markets higher on Friday amid hopes the US Federal Reserve will pause rates after its long hiking spree

Acer's actions are a contrast to key Western rivals such as Dell and HP who halted their Russia shipments last year over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

Beijing's sharp reaction follows a Wall Street Journal report that Cuba and China agreed for Beijing to pay Havana "several billion dollars" to host a spying facility on the island

The Senate Foreign Relations panel approved the 'Ending China's Developing Nation Status Act' on Thursday, endorsing a similar measure passed unanimously by the lower house in March.

While big crypto companies can afford to fight the SEC, arguing that tokens are commodities, small firms have filed for bankruptcy after SEC actions, such as Beaxy exchange

The trip is intended by Washington to be a major step toward what President Joe Biden has called a "thaw" in relations between the world's two largest economies

Chinese state media have been happy to report that the World Bank has lifted its GDP growth forecast to 5.6%. It has also raised its 2023 global growth forecast

A former executive at Bytedance, the parent company of TikTok, claims Chinese officials had access to all users' data, including SIM card details and IP addresses

Before travelling to China, US CEOs have particularly been seeking advice about how Beijing's expansion of its counter-espionage law could affect them

Foreign inflows of $4.4 billion went into Taiwanese stocks and $3.1 billion into South Korean equities in May amid surge of interest in beneficiaries from artificial intelligence boom

Economic challenges and geopolitical tensions have made fundraising difficult, with investment in China by global players in particular slowing

Exports slumped 7.5% year-on-year in May, data from China's Customs Bureau showed on Wednesday, the biggest decline since January. Imports also fell by 4.5%.