Barriers to entry fall but Harvest’s Henry Zhao says global managers lack local knowledge 

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

Google buys Fitbit, Apple TV+ launches, Alibaba’s surging profits

WTO ruling is a first since Beijing joined the trade body two decades ago

Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

Systems installed in Xinjiang but experts say tech does not work very well

Defence minister Taro Kono says new missile systems have added to ‘global anxiety’

APT 41 accused of accessing telecoms servers, FireEye reports

Fleet under review over whether technology could be used for spying by Beijing

Leaders to find new location after Chile scrapped APEC summit that was the intended venue

Activists say lawyer may have been targeted for opposing China-backed dam

The deals struck by America’s other five biggest trading partners look like ad hoc fixes rather than final settlements

LSE programme hints at risks of donors having an impact on classes

The Chinese Communist party should be reminded the country cannot rise without the help of others

Chinese imports of pork, beef and chicken jump, driving up prices around world

Beijing seeks to take advantage of low interest rates to diversify away from dollar debt

Troubles in once booming sector lead regulators to worry about impact on social stability

Jay Powell’s optimism over the US-China trade war is at odd with the latest data

The 1989 promise of liberal democracy was a squandered opportunity

Deal to create one of world’s biggest chemicals groups beset by management clashes

Data show factories are buying bonds and stocks rather than investing in own businesses

Tycoons reinforce dominance of sector by sticking to its ecosystem when tending own riches

Country scraps leaders’ summit where Trump and Xi planned to finalise agreement

Charles Li says governance relationship with Beijing has ‘fundamental flaws’