The island's president Tsai Ing-wen has championed the idea of "asymmetric warfare" to make Taiwan's forces more mobile and harder to attack

"No other bankers in the US provide the level of services SVB used to offer," said an executive at a major Chinese investment bank, which has deposits at Silicon Valley Bank

Beijing offered Micronesia officials cash, free flights and alcohol, claimed its outgoing leader David Panuelo, for Taiwan invasion support

The top homebuilder said in a filing that its estimated net loss for 2022 would be between $799m and $1.09bn after its core profit slumped

Last month, Putin hosted China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Moscow in what was seen as a preparatory meeting ahead of a Xi visit

BYD’s Europe president said the company doesn’t “understand what happened” to the UK after its decision to exit from the European Union

Investors hope premier Li Qiang's close ties with president Xi Jinping will enable him to push for more business-friendly policies

The island's defence ministry said China was increasingly "adopting an actual war approach and shifting from training to combat preparation"

Several Hong Kong-listed companies, mostly Chinese pharmaceutical firms, disclosed their exposure to Silicon Valley Bank over the weekend

At least one WeChat group with several hundred members has been formed by anxious Chinese clients of SVB seeking to safeguard their interest

Yi Gang's re-appointment "shows China wants to at least have a dialogue with the United States on monetary policy and financial cooperation," experts say

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said India could key become a key electronics supplier to the US, while adding that Washington was not seeking a "technological decoupling" from China