Former defence minister leads inspection as China claims the territory. Tensions escalate with confrontations and increased military presence, fueling the dispute.

The US Secretary of State was speaking to the BBC at the end of a three-day trip to China. The video sharing app faces being banned in the US unless it severs ties with its China's ByteDance.

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So far EU countries and the US have held off confiscating the assets for fears it could escalate tensions - or cause other countries like China and Saudi Arabia to fear for their own European assets.

China is Tesla's second-biggest market but the company has not enabled autonomous driving in the country. A rebel group that took a key town lost it to the junta two weeks later. But there's more ...