China

David Malpass' comments come as US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet in Beijing.

Taiwan, tariffs and the strait of Hormuz are on the meeting’s agenda for Beijing – but will the US president be forced to ask for help in ending his war with Iran?

US weapons sales to Taiwan have been longstanding source of tension with Beijing, which claims island as its territory.

A total of 17 US executives are set to join the president on his visit, where he will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

The delegation includes business leaders across a wide range of industries, including Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla.

Beijing is signaling that it is ready for a trade showdown, and it is building up a legal arsenal in preparation.

The first US presidential visit to China in almost 10 years will test a fragile tariff truce.

Law says conviction of two men for spying raises serious concerns about how they accessed sensitive information Nathan Law, an exiled leader of the Hong Kong student protest who lives with a £100,000 bounty on his head from the Chinese authorities, was not surprised to discover a spy ring had photographed him entering the Oxford Union for an evening debate in November 2023.