Tech talk to help with China-US discussions

Heads of multinational companies focus on innovation in the markets of both countries

China and the United States knocked some ping-pong balls back and forth three decades ago to break the ice between the two powers. Now it is time for high-end servers, chips and mobile Internet services to take relations to a higher level.

The high-technology diplomacy is set to lubricate Sino-US relations as the leaders sit down this week to discuss a wide range of thorny issues from cybersecurity to tensions in the South China Sea.