Focus: No small token: Chinese firms convert prized trees, tea into digital assets 18-Dec 07:13

On the Chinese tropical island of Hainan, Huanghuali trees - a rare kind of rosewood - are being photographed so that they can be turned into digital assets.

Trading Day: Tech slumps, oil spikes 18-Dec 06:13

U.S. shares sank on Wednesday, with tech hit by renewed worries over the AI trade, while Washington's blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela lifted oil prices from their five-year lows.

Republican lawmakers decry Intel's testing of Chinese-linked tools after Reuters report  18-Dec 02:12

Republican lawmakers accused Intel this week of threatening U.S. national security after Reuters revealed the chipmaker was evaluating chipmaking equipment made by a company with deep ties to China and overseas units sanctioned by the U.S. government.