US President wants to visit to Hanoi in mid-September to sign a strategic partnership pact with Vietnam to bolster economic and security ties, sources say

The finding coincides with news that New York City has banned the Chinese social media app on government devices because of security concerns

Some China watchers say Xi's focus on security is scaring off the money Beijing is trying to attract. Others say the country is making a painful transition away from its debt-fuelled growth-at-all-costs policy

Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, which manages over $137 billion in assets, has hired a top accounting firm to help it deal with a liquidity crisis. Its Zhongrong Trust has stopped payments to investors

Intel's proposed merger appears to be a victim of the US-China 'chip war', as it is one of several deals that Chinese regulators have failed to endorse

Chinese lawyers have heeded calls from local regulators to tone down the wording of business risks in documents for offshore listings, but some say the move could spur questions by the US regulator

Chinese banks extended 346 billion yuan (nearly $48bn) of new loans in July, far short of forecasts, while floods have damaged crops in a key grain belt

Beijing "resolutely opposes" the US restrictions, after the Biden administration explains the 'narrow subsets' of its move and likely outcomes for various sectors in 2024, when the new rules will start

The US is expected to target private equity, venture capital and joint venture investments in China in chips, quantum computing and AI; firms will have to report that activity, sources say

Shares of Country Garden, which had liabilities of $194 billion as of end-2022, fell 14% on Tuesday. The firm said its usable cash had declined due to a deterioration in sales and refinancing

Some of the biggest rare-earth companies outside of China are facing challenges in refining elements for the green energy transition

Some city governments have hindered developers' access to tens of billions of dollars from property sales as the economy weakened in the second quarter