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.

Hundreds of companies in China's Sichuan province are idle or operating well below capacity, while they wait for the weather to change and power curbs to be lifted

Shanghai Exchange said trading in 67 funds was halted on Thursday at the request of asset managers, as the southbound leg of their Stock Connect schemes was interrupted

A survey of over 100 firms by German think tank Merics and BDI group found the threshhold for exerting pressure on companies is falling and the number of cases has jumped since 2018

The Shanghai Stock Exchange now requires 100% of proceeds from green bond issues to be invested in green projects such as clean energy, compared with at least 70% previously.

Markets fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai amid the bleak economic outlook in China, but shares edged up in Australia and India

Production hubs in China have seen output hit by Covid-related lockdowns in Shanghai. There is also deep concern about the impact of growing tensions between the US and China.

Support for nuclear energy has re-emerged in Japan after the war in Ukraine and concern it caused about energy shortages. Kishida's government is also looking at green power sources.

The proportion of people in the region facing extreme poverty – living on less than $1.90 a day – could have eased to 2.9% in 2020 instead of rising to 5% because of the pandemic, it said.