Shares rose slightly on markets in mainland China but dropped in Hong Kong, while Japan, Seoul and Sydney rebounded after three days of falls; Asian currencies edged higher

ASML detailed the chip technology theft, which happened in 2022, in part of its annual report in February this year

The Japan Fair Trade Commission suspects the US tech giant is “restricting its business partners' activity in the search services market”

As many US firms weigh the risks of keeping their businesses within the factory floor of the world, others are dealing with a relentless operational dependance on China

Police arrested the chairman of Vietnam Rare Earth JSC (VTRE) — a company at the forefront of the country’s drive to boost its rare earth industry and rival China

Analysts say the US move last week to expand its export controls may allow the Chinese tech giant to fill the void created by the ban on Nvidia's popular artificial intelligence chips

Officials have inspected Foxconn sites in four provinces, while state media says founder Terry Gou has 'responsibilities' and should be pushing for peace with Beijing as he runs for president in Taiwan

Both gallium and germanium are key to chipmaking, and Chinese exporters of the metals now need to obtain an export licence for dual-use items and technologies

China is the world's top graphite exporter and refines more than 90% of the world's graphite into the material used in virtually all EV batteries

A report from US investment giant Jefferies said this week Huawei had usurped Apple as the smartphone-maker with the biggest share of China's market

Chinese foundries that would earlier use only a small amount of equipment from domestic firms, now want "as few foreign machines as feasible"

The 17 websites were part of a scheme to evade sanctions and fund Pyongyang's weapons programme; they followed the seizure of $1.5m obtained by scams undertaken by the same group, US officials say