Shares tumble after pharma company says it overstated its cash holdings

China’s largest lithium company the latest casualty of lower battery raw material prices

Minister hopes wave of companies returning from China will spur growth

China hit hardest as investment into sector plunges amid regulatory clampdown

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.