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

US insurance provider Porch Group is suing China Construction Bank in a US court for allegedly enabling a "massive fraud" that caused it multi-million-dollar losses

Hundreds of the world's top scientists say they expect 2.5C of global warming this century, or more - and dire consequences for humanity

The US is likely to maintain tariffs on Chinese products and will reveal news next week on areas of strategic competition such as EVs and solar panels, sources say

The provincial capitals Hangzhou and Xian are the latest Chinese cities to drop limits on people buying homes, but analysts say prices need to fall further before buyers return

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."

The draconian vetting process has fanned concerns about challenges for corporate fundraising in a slowing economy and the country back-pedalling on market-oriented reforms

China tech giants file a suit in a Federal Court in Washington DC, saying the divestment law violates the US Constitution on a number of grounds, such as free speech

US revokes licences that gave chipmakers such as Intel and Qualcomm permission to sell chips to Huawei after China tech giant released an AI-enabled laptop last month

People in Vietnam are troubled by Cambodia's plan to expand a canal from Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand amid concern the China-funded project will hit rice-growing in the Mekong Delta

"BYD and the Chinese auto industry are very welcome in France," Finance minister Bruno Le Maire said at a meeting with car sector executives on Monday