Beijing increasingly views cutting-edge technology through a national-interest lens, putting executives on a tighter leash.

China’s vice premier said Beijing and Washington should seek ways to work together, even as US President Donald Trump announced additional tariffs on the world’s second-largest economy.

China’s economy has grown impressively over the past several decades. It is now unquestionably the world’s second largest, and it has become far more innovative than it once was. But it is not nearly as mighty as commonly purported in part because Beijing directly manipulates key economic metrics, including GDP.

China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.

Industry experts say that Ukraine's critical resource deposits are undeveloped and vulnerable to the threat of Russian aggression.

Analysts say China's vote has to be seen in the context of a changing world order, where Donald Trump is upending America’s long-held role as a leading global player.

President Donald Trump’s rapprochement with Russia has some experts suggesting he might be trying to do a “reverse Nixon” and isolate Beijing by courting Moscow.