Washington has also banned beneficiaries of the $39bn CHIPS and Science Act from using the cash for share buybacks

A US official also told a Congressional hearing that some tech shipments to China’s blacklisted telecom equipment maker Huawei were “under assessment”

Fund managers say they are fielding increasing numbers of questions from clients about the odds of an invasion of Taiwan by China

US repeats its warning, amid reports China is considering sending artillery and ammunition to Russia, and that Xi will visit Moscow next week; five Chinese and 80 Russian firms added to blacklist

Zhuzhou Rubber, which makes most of the high-altitude balloons used by the China Meteorological Administration, said it doesn't have any military connections

The firm also plans to help establish a Russian production site for the drones which are similar to Iran's Shaheed-136 and can carry a 35-50kg warhead

The US Commerce Department is set to impose sanctions on dozens more companies from Russia, China and other countries accused of sanctions tied to the war in Ukraine

The US is reportedly considering releasing intelligence on China's potential weapons transfer to aid Russia in its war with Ukraine, but some analysts doubt it would take such a risk

Chinese authorities have urged state-owned firms to stop using the four biggest global accounting firms over concerns about data security

Canada's armed forces says it has detected Chinese surveillance operations in its seas and airspace, The Globe and Mail said

Chinese-Russian relations "will withstand any test in a changing international situation," China's top diplomat Wang Yi told one of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies

Ukraine president and EU leader urge China not to provide weapons to Russia, while China called on certain countries to stop "fuelling the fire"