China's largest freshwater lake has suffered a huge reduction in size because of the heatwave the Yangtze river basin has endured over the past two and a half months.

The Solomon Islands government did not respond to a US request for permission for a Coast Guard vessel, conducting a patrol to prevent illegal fishing, to re-provision on a scheduled port call

"Reducing inflation is likely to require a sustained period of below-trend growth," the US Fed chair said. The Dow Jones was down 3% and the Nasdaq 4% after his speech

Factory production and activities in major manufacturing hubs like Shenzhen and Tianjin were hit in the month by heatwaves and Covid curbs that were imposed

US regulators were cautious about the deal signed with China on Friday, which will allow initial audits of US-listed Chinese firms in Hong Kong from mid-September

Shares on mainland China slipped on Friday, but Hong Kong rose on news of a possible deal between the US and China with audit teams due to conduct initial checks in the city

China dependence on foreign sources of battery metals such as nickel, lithium and cobalt poses a risk to its electric vehicle industry, a metals industry official said on Friday.

The US Department of Transportation move follows the recent cancellation of 26 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines flights over Covid-19 cases.

Regulators in Beijing have told Chinese companies listed in New York and their auditors to get their accounts to Hong Kong to prepare for inspections by US auditors

This was the largest share listing in Hong Kong this year and raised $2.1 billion for China Tourism, which is a major duty-free network operator in mainland China

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index posted its biggest jump in nearly four months in a shortened trading session on Thursday, while China shares also rose. Markets elsewhere were mixed

Senior executives at some Chinese state banks and asset managers are wary of dealing with debt-laden developers and incurring substantial losses of their books, sources say.