TikTok's parent company ByteDance allowed a Chinese Communist Party unit to censor content and access all TikTok data, a lawsuit filed in the US on Friday alleges.

A guided-missile destroyer and three other vessels have been circling Japan’s main islands for the past 12 days in a show of power as tensions simmer over Taiwan and the G7 summit approaches

The leak stemmed from human error, after a cloud system was set to public instead of private, a Toyota Motor spokesperson said

Beijing has warned it will "resolutely object" to any move to restrict US firms from investing in China – or coercing allies to do the same. Its concerns follow high-level bilateral meetings this week.

ASEAN leaders issued a warning this week on the danger of traffickers' cyber scams, noting "increasing abuse of technology in facilitating trafficking in persons" via social media

Chinese banks extended 718.8 billion yuan ($104 billion) in new yuan loans in April, less than a fifth of March’s tally and just over half of the amount anticipated by analysts

Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have given a boost to China's efforts to internationalise its currency, with a dramatic increase in its use in commodity and energy trade with Russia

Chinese regulator says it will help improve audits of Chinese companies listed on US exchanges, after US accounting board says it found "unacceptable deficiencies" in checks of China firms' books

Strategic ties with regional leaders will be bolstered when US president visits Port Moresby on May 22. His trip to PNG comes amid a push by Beijing to set up bases in the Pacific

CEO meets Indian PM Narendra Modi on move to diversify its supply chain. The US tech giant has set a target of $1 billion in domestic production and exports over next few years.

Key parts of China's services sector, such as restaurants and domestic travel, recovered well in the first quarter, but some sub-sectors such as home furnishing and construction are struggling

Defence minister Chiu Kuo-Cheng says Taiwan would not tolerate the destruction of TSMC's facilities to deter an attack by China, as some US strategists have suggested