A new study by a US medical research centre suggests 1.9 million people died after China suddenly dropped its Covid-19 restrictions late last year. Beijing has never revealed the full death toll.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumped by over 2%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and South Korea’s KOSPI were down 2% and 0.7%, amid fears of more hawkish signals from the Fed later today

Two-way trade between China and the US plunged 19.6% in the first half of this year, down $67.6 billion from the same period in 2022, amid increasing regionalization by both superpowers

The PBOC ordered local banks to restrict southbound purchases under the Bond Connect scheme, in a bid to limit the supply of yuan offshore, sources say

Chinese regulators and finance officials submitted a proposal to Cabinet this month to slash the 0.1% stamp duty on domestic stock trading to revive the country's struggling markets

Three years of Covid restrictions have changed Chinese citizens' spending habits, but Beijing faces tough decisions now on how to boost consumption

Modest rate cuts and vague promises of support for debt-mired developers have failed to restore sentiment; fund managers say they need to see more state money flowing before they return

Asian markets surge, with Hang Seng climbing 2% and the Nikkei rising by 0.9%, while investors wait for Fed chief's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday

Beijing quietly launched a new initiative to lure elite foreign-educated IT and chip talents to accelerate its tech proficiency, sources and government documents reveal

Shanghai blue chips saw another fall, but the Nikkei, Hang Seng and other key regional indexes all saw gains on Wednesday

The deals mania comes as Australia undertakes a critical minerals strategy that envisages major collaborations with investors and global partners to become a renewables superpower

Officials expect "significant" economic impact after Hong Kong said it would join mainland China in banning most Japanese seafood from Thursday, when treated water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant will be released into the sea