Excessive Communist Party control and undelivered promises of reform have left China's economy in a dead-end of weak domestic consumer demand and slowing growth, a foreign expert says

"We have very little time to get people ready for it, businesses ready for it," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said

New measures will affect $18 billion in Chinese imports such as steel and aluminium, 'legacy' chips, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells, cranes and syringes

Putin will attend an event marking 75 years of bilateral ties. He is due to meet Premier Li Qiang to discuss economic cooperation, and will also visit Harbin, a city with strong ties to Russia

White House move comes amid concern that the firm, which uses foreign tech for crypto mining, may be involved in spying on the base, which houses US nuclear missile silos

First bilateral meeting on AI likely to discuss the 'full range of risks', such as AI and nuclear weapons, and more, US officials say

The package is part of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s pledge to pour all possible resources into winning the "war" in chips

China’s largest contract chipmaker said revenue jumped as both domestic and global customers rebuilt inventories

Car exports jumped by 38% year-on-year to 417,000 units in April, after a 39% rise in March; but domestic sales were down nearly 6% from 2023

A teardown of the Pura 70 smartphone suggests Huawei may have only made incremental improvements in its ability to produce an advanced chip with Chinese partners

US officials are looking to restrict the export of closed source AI models to China, Russia and other rivals, sources say, but there is uncertainty on the regulatory set-up it seeks to impose

Commerce Secretary said: "We could take extreme action, which is to say 'No Chinese connected vehicles in the United States' or look for mitigation," including safeguards, guardrails or other requirements."