Combination of tensions with the US and waning investor appetite cools sector

Companies are also accepting lower valuations amid dwindling investor appetite

Chinese telecoms group banned from most sensitive parts of project on security concerns

Talks to focus on stubborn hurdles of intellectual property, technology transfers

Beijing to defend initiative as it welcomes 37 heads of states to summit this week

Former engineer and businessman charged amid crackdown on Chinese espionage

Carl-Henric Svanberg rejects US model in favour of ‘more sustainable’ stakeholder capitalism

US supplier pulls staff from San’an Optoelectronics following government listing

Depressed cobalt price also weighing on battery materials maker

The IMF's Tobias Adrian tours the world's big risks. Plus, Vitor Gaspar on “good” and “bad” spending.

Compensation reflects regions’ differing capacity to repay debt

Plans come just days after raising $150m from investors in its latest funding round

Stephen Vaughn, general counsel to US trade rep, to be replaced by another Skadden lawyer

Business groups call for dropping all levies if deal is reached with Beijing

China’s Belt and Road Initiative has had drawbacks elsewhere

Enthusiasts see soft power potential of costume intrigues set in dynastic palaces

Pork prices forecast to soar as deaths from disease expected to reach 130m

Carmakers BYD and BAIC are charged up for growth

Drop of 2.3% in benchmark share index follows communiqué from politburo

First-quarter sales hit $26.8bn as Washington seeks to blacklist Chinese group’s 5G equipment

Invesco, JPMorgan and Schroders well placed in market forecast to hit $9tn by 2023

Attractions include high productivity and strong supply battery chain