Nasdaq futures slumped and technology shares slid in Japan on Monday as surging popularity of a Chinese discount artificial intelligence model wobbled investors' faith in the profitability of AI and the sector's voracious demand for high-tech chips.

Fortunately, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong thought a full split was unlikely: "I can’t see how a full decoupling can happen at this stage."

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said that escalating tensions between the two countries could lead to catastrophic global consequences.

Wang Yi elaborated on China's principled position on the Taiwan question and urged the U.S. side to handle it prudently. Wang emphasised that Taiwan has been part of China's territory since ancient times, and we will never allow Taiwan to be split from China."

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips.

Resumption of direct flights and normalisation of visa issuances — demands China has been making over the past couple of years — are expected to come up in Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s discussions with Beijing during his visit,

Experts say regardless of the US president’s latest manoeuvres, a hanging sword dangles over the US-China trade war that is expected to intensify, with semiconductor microchips in the crosshairs.

The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 1.06% higher at 810.5 yuan ($111.54) a metric ton. The contract has gained 4.31% so far this month.

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The founder of the app’s parent, Beijing-based ByteDance, met with Elon Musk last year.

New shades of capitalism are emerging in China's tuckered out stock market as companies, at Beijing's behest, buy back their shares and pay record dividends to investors lying in wait for a so-far evasive rebound.

The chain is expected to copy its successful China playbook of promotions and steep discounts in Malaysia. To commemorate the launch, Luckin priced its beverages as low as 2.99 Malaysian ringgit ($0.67). A Starbucks americano costs about 11 ringgit ($2.50).