Foreign firms have been particularly concerned about stepping over the line while dealing with Chinese regulators, amid Beijing’s crackdowns on due diligence and consultancy firms

While the planned diplomatic exchanges are aimed, in part, at restoring ties, Xi is also said to be hoping they will slow down Washington’s trade and tech war targeting Beijing

In a filing to Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Evergrande said it had been told by authorities that Hui "has been subject to mandatory measures" due to suspicion of unspecified crimes

US State Department report says Beijing has used covert purchases of foreign news outlets, plus sponsorships and data harvesting to generate more pro-China coverage

The proposed collaboration, which would see Nio share its research and technology for investment, has reportedly already met with resistance in Germany

The pledge comes amid Chinese president Xi Jinping's increased focus on national security risks within the party, government, and large industries

President Tsai Ing-wen unveils first locally made submarine in Kaohsiung, which aims to boost the island's defence and deterrence against the Chinese navy

Leader Kim Jong Un makes nuclear weapons part of his country's constitution, says he will speed up production of nukes to deter what he said were 'US provocations'

The warning came on the heels of a Washington briefing which said Chinese state-linked hackers had stolen 60,000 emails from 10 State Department accounts

The cable could connect American Samoa with Guam, plus Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Fiji, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Wallis and Futuna and Micronesia

Trading in Evergrande shares and those of its property services and EV units was suspended on Thursday, while officials continue to investigate if staff at two divisions acted illegally

The extension would mark an end to business uncertainty for South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix who have invested billions in their chip fabs in China