BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Sunday for efforts to advance "reunification" in a message of congratulations to the new leader of Taiwan's main opposition party, whose election took place amid accusations of interference by Beijing.

China has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of cyberattacks on its national time center. The Ministry of State Security claims the U.S. agency exploited vulnerabilities in a foreign mobile phone brand's messaging services in 2022.

Data from the Global Trade Alert shows that China has implemented more than 7,500 subsidy policies since 2009. Between 2009 and 2022, Beijing’s total subsidy count was equal to about two-thirds of all those adopted by G20 advanced economies combined, according to the IMF.

New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis said regional and bilateral trading relationships will continue to strengthen against the backdrop of the worsening U.S.-China trade war, as small countries like hers adjust to a new reality and hold fast to priorities such as fighting climate change.

As far as China is concerned, America started it. Earlier this week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed Beijing for the most recent blowup of ongoing efforts to resolve the trade war triggered by President Donald Trump.

Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are using artificial intelligence to improve their cyberattacks on U.S. companies, governments and individuals, according to new research from Microsoft.

China has accused the U.S. of stealing secrets and infiltrating the country's national time centre, warning that serious breaches could have disrupted communication networks, financial systems, the power supply and the international standard time.

China holds a near-monopoly in the processing of the elements crucial for making everything from smartphones to fighter jets.

A trade dispute involving a critical chip supplier to the auto industry has the potential to cause widespread shutdowns of global auto plants and could put upward pressure on prices that are already at record levels.

Micron plans to stop supplying server chips to data centres in China after the business failed to recover from a 2023 government ban on its products in critical Chinese infrastructure, two people briefed on the decision said.