China is going after licences to boost its access to German technology as investment regulation makes company acquisitions in the sector increasingly difficult, reports say.

Indonesia has seen a surge in AKI cases among children since August, which its health minister said was most likely due to changes in the raw ingredients used in cough and fever syrups.

Export licences worth US$61 billion were approved for suppliers to ship products to Huawei while licenses valued at nearly US$42 billion were greenlighted for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.