China has financed tens of billions of pounds' worth of investment in UK businesses and projects this century, some of which gave it access to military-grade technology, BBC Panorama has learned.

Germany's finance minister became the first representative of the new coalition government to visit China on Monday, with Berlin under pressure to show it has a handle on China policy as a record trade gap widens and supply chains wobble.

Also in today’s newsletter, foreign investors return to Chinese stocks, and Gazprom forges ahead with China pipeline

Trump's zero tolerance policy clashes with China's new tariff-free trade deal with Venezuela, escalating tensions as U.S. carrier group monitors the region.

The US aims to finalize a rare earths deal with China by Thanksgiving, suspending Beijing's export restrictions on critical minerals. This tentative agreement, following the Trump-Xi meeting, also involves the US rolling back some tariffs and China resuming significant soybean purchases.

Both countries have summoned each other’s ambassadors after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a military response from Tokyo.

China's commerce ministry on Friday criticised comments made by Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Karremans defending the seizure of Chinese-owned, Netherlands-based chipmaker Nexperia, days before senior Dutch officials visit Beijing to discuss how to resolve the dispute.