China defended its foreign policy stance on Thursday as its diplomats are embroiled a drama that saw a Hong Kong protester assaulted after being dragged into its consulate in Manchester.

Central bank unable to slow drop past key level, despite vow to buy 100 billion yen ($667 million) of state debt with 10-20 maturities plus another 100bn of bonds with maturities of 5-10 years

Falling prices and cooling demand in China, because of the prolonged crisis in its property sector, caused Rio to more than halve its interim dividend payout in July

The US-China trade conflict and the escalation of cross-Strait tensions have brought serious challenges, TSMC chairman Mark Liu says

The share of defective micro-circuits and components in deliveries to Russian companies from China has increased from 2% to 40% since the invasion in Ukraine, a local report says

ASML reports better-than-expected third quarter sales, says group is unable to keep up with demand, with orders of more than $29.4 billion from Asia and the US's biggest chipmakers

About 500 shipments of Cisco Systems gear arrived in Russia in August, months after the US networking giant halting operations in the country, a leaked Customs document suggests

Analysts said Xi's eagerness to "win the battle" in core technologies could mean that China will not only bolster spending but overhaul its whole approach to boost key tech and chip sectors

Researchers in China's hypersonic and missiles programme have managed to obtain specialized US technology, such as advanced software products, via private resellers or research bodies

The move follows export restrictions imposed by the Biden Administration. YMTC is also being investigated by the Commerce officials on whether it sold chips to blacklisted Huawei

State banks sold a high volume of US dollars and used swaps and spot trades to defend the weakening yuan on Monday, sources said. One said the operation was 'rather huge'

The world's poorest countries face $35 billion in debt-service payments, with more than 40% of the total due to China, the World Bank said.