Jeanne Whalen The Washington Post

A bipartisan group of US senators wants the Trump administration to suspend its approval of US technology sales to China's Huawei, saying the manufacturer of cell phones and 5G network equipment poses risks to national security.

Huawei's fate is central to the US-China trade war, making the next few months a possible turning point in whether the countries can reach a truce.

Beijing is pouring billions into research and development and is offering Chinese scientists big perks to return home from Western labs.

The Trump administration has called Huawei a threat to US national security and has taken several steps in recent months to undermine Huawei's business.

Chinese netizens posting to the social-media site Weibo this week threw their support behind an unlikely internet sensation: a bespectacled British Huawei executive who defended the Chinese telecom giant before Britain's parliament.

Huawei has vigorously denied the assertions of spying and the Trump administration allegation that the Chinese government exerts undue influence on Huawei.

In April 2018, a ship carrying $3 million worth of coal slipped into Indonesian waters with its identification transmitter switched off and its flag hidden from view. Acting on a tip, Indonesia's Navy detained the vessel, which identified itself as the "Wise Honest" from Sierra Leone. But when inspectors went aboard, they found two dozen crew membe...

What happens when the Chinese growth juggernaut slows? Or worse yet, grinds to a halt?

Now a new investigative tool being launched by British authorities could serve as a powerful deterrent. But it is fraught, forcing wealthy individuals to demonstrate that they bought property with lawfully earned funds - a departure from legal precedent that required the state to prove the use of illicit money.

Cross-border arrests of high-profile business executives don't happen that often, making the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive a significant event that is likely to chill commercial relations between the U.S. and China, lawyers and trade experts said.

A string of high-profile finance executives followed technology and media leaders in pulling out of a Saudi investment conference scheduled for late this month, potentially risking a lucrative role in the kingdom's plans for a historic opening of its economy.

The growing number of Western companies distancing themselves from Saudi Arabia over the alleged killing of dissident Jamal Khashoggi is undermining the kingdom's push to diversify its economy beyond oil and provide more opportunities for its young and often restive population.

A bipartisan group of US senators wants the Trump administration to suspend its approval of US technology sales to China's Huawei, saying the manufacturer of cell phones and 5G network equipment poses risks to national security.

Huawei's fate is central to the US-China trade war, making the next few months a possible turning point in whether the countries can reach a truce.

Beijing is pouring billions into research and development and is offering Chinese scientists big perks to return home from Western labs.

The Trump administration has called Huawei a threat to US national security and has taken several steps in recent months to undermine Huawei's business.

Chinese netizens posting to the social-media site Weibo this week threw their support behind an unlikely internet sensation: a bespectacled British Huawei executive who defended the Chinese telecom giant before Britain's parliament.

Huawei has vigorously denied the assertions of spying and the Trump administration allegation that the Chinese government exerts undue influence on Huawei.

In April 2018, a ship carrying $3 million worth of coal slipped into Indonesian waters with its identification transmitter switched off and its flag hidden from view. Acting on a tip, Indonesia's Navy detained the vessel, which identified itself as the "Wise Honest" from Sierra Leone. But when inspectors went aboard, they found two dozen crew membe...

What happens when the Chinese growth juggernaut slows? Or worse yet, grinds to a halt?

Now a new investigative tool being launched by British authorities could serve as a powerful deterrent. But it is fraught, forcing wealthy individuals to demonstrate that they bought property with lawfully earned funds - a departure from legal precedent that required the state to prove the use of illicit money.

Cross-border arrests of high-profile business executives don't happen that often, making the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive a significant event that is likely to chill commercial relations between the U.S. and China, lawyers and trade experts said.

A string of high-profile finance executives followed technology and media leaders in pulling out of a Saudi investment conference scheduled for late this month, potentially risking a lucrative role in the kingdom's plans for a historic opening of its economy.

The growing number of Western companies distancing themselves from Saudi Arabia over the alleged killing of dissident Jamal Khashoggi is undermining the kingdom's push to diversify its economy beyond oil and provide more opportunities for its young and often restive population.