Exports from Xinjiang rose to $409bn in the first 10 months of 2023 and could go higher as trade has jumped to countries in Central Asia and Southeast Asia, despite western sanctions.

New report says waste from garment makers is having severe health impacts on workers at Cambodian brick kilns, where the clothing materials are used as fuel

Lawmakers in Japan area debating a move to allow listed businesses to report twice a year instead of having to file quarterly financial reports, Nikkei Asia says

Analysts said the verdict will make it easier for Lee, if he is acquitted, or harder, if he is convicted (again) to shape Samsung's future; an acquittal would give him room for major strategic decisions

US officials are investigating if Applied Materials broke sanctions by sending gear worth 'hundreds of millions' to top China chipmaker via a unit in South Korea in 2021 and 2022, sources say

All other members back US push for economies to boost opportunities for disadvantaged groups and incorporate clean energy and carbon-emission reduction goals in their trade policies

Xi came into the meeting looking for respect from the US, and also seeking to improve fast-cooling business dealings with the world's biggest economy

Beijing bought $14-billion worth of chipmaking equipment from the Netherlands and other countries this year, before they imposed bans to compliment the US-led effort

Holiday spending is likely to have boosted the latest factory and retail data for October, according to analysts, who say a proper recovery is still elusive

Beijing is desperate to rein in years of over-investment in infrastructure to prevent $12 trillion of local government debt from rising and weighing on the economy

The Biden-Xi summit in San Francisco is likely to see a pledge to ban AI in nuclear weapons and autonomous weapons, sources have told the South China Morning Post

The arrest of a prominent Japanese executive in China has caused a chill in dealings; Japanese investment has plunged this year and many Japanese are too scared to even work in the country