Microsoft confirms talks to buy TikTok in U.S.,…

A man holding a phone walks past a sign of Chinese company ByteDance's app TikTok, known locally as Douyin, at the International Artificial Products Expo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 18, 2019.ReutersMicrosoft on Sunday…

Billions of tech revenue in Asia are at…

Billions of dollars in tech revenue are at risk across Asia Pacific following the most recent United States restrictions on Chinese smartphone maker Huawei, ratings agency Standard and Poor's said in a report this week. President…

U.S. diplomatic footprint in China shrinks as tensions…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration closed its consulate in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday, reducing America's diplomatic footprint in the world's second-largest economy as relations between Washington and Beijing hit a boiling point. The U.S.…

U.S. officials won’t say whether they will comply…

The U.S. Consulate in Chengdu is pictured on July 23, 2020 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China.VCG | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials would not address Friday whether the Trump…

China orders U.S. to close consulate in Chengdu

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard at the entrance to the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province on September 17, 2012.Goh Chai Hin | AFP | Getty ImagesChina's Foreign Ministry announced Friday that…

Beijing likely to retaliate, but analysts unsure of…

The relationship between the U.S. and China may continue to worsen after the State Department ordered Beijing to close a consulate in Houston, making it "almost certain" the Asian country will retaliate, experts said on Thursday.U.S. officials…

U.S. is on a collision course with a…

Economist Stephen Roach warns V-shaped recovery mania on Wall Street is leading investors astray. According to Roach, the U.S. is on a collision course with a second dramatic downturn."The odds of a relapse, not just the…

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hospitalized

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross testifies about the fiscal year 2021 budget during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC,on March 5, 2020.SAUL…