Kremlin says it highly values efforts by US diplomats.

From the afternoon of Sept 7 to early Sept 10, Huawei, Xiaomi and Apple will each launch a foldable flagship within a 72-hour window. This marks the first direct foldable-market confrontation between Huawei and Apple; Xiaomi will also compete. All three are entering the same week, category and similar price band—an unprecedented convergence in the seven-year history of foldable phones.

China's foreign exchange reserves stood at $3,438.3 bln at end‑August 2026, up $19.5 bln (0.57%) from end‑July, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said. SAFE attributed the rise to a weaker dollar amid global macro data and policy expectations, combined exchange‑rate translation effects and divergent global asset‑price moves. Authorities said steady, modestly improving Chinese economic activity underpinned the reserves' basic stability.