Xi was absent from group photos on Thursday when the leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan, went for dinner

US President issued an order on Thursday directing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US to focus on microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotech and quantum computing.

Xi Jinping met Vladimir Putin in Samarkand where they are attending a summit of The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The chief operating officer of TikTok declined to tell US lawmakers on Wednesday "that the short-form video app will cut off flows of US user data to China"

Economy Minister Robert Habeck, of the Greens, said on Tuesday he was leaning towards not allowing the deal, which would give China a stake in critical German infrastructure.

The Bank of Japan conducted a rate check on Wednesday, in possible preparation for currency intervention, Nikkei reported. The yen has falled around 20% so far this year.

The US is considering sanctions against China to try to deter it from invading Taiwan, while Taipei has lobbied the European Union to do the same

Taiwan's Globalwafers will start work in November on the first silicon wafer facility built in the US in more than two decades.

A statement from the Duma said a top Beijing official assured them "China understands and supports Russia on issues that represent its vital interests, in particular the situation in Ukraine"

The deepening partnership between rising superpower China and resources-rich Russia has Western leaders worried

The move followed concern that Imperial's research facilities were aiding China's latest army jets and high performance batteries, The Guardian said.

Covid lockdowns could lead to China's oil demand contracting for the first time in two decades