China's banking regulator is reviewing local and foreign banks' exposure to developers to try to measure risks to the financial system from the ongoing property sector turmoil

The strong response to the first batch of rental property REITs is positive news for China, opening a new financing channel for the debt-laden real estate sector

Tesla says the upgrade of its plant in Shanghai has boosted output at its most productive facility and helped to slash delivery waiting times for two of its models

Washington and Taipei have agreed to start formal trade talks shortly on a new initiative. Taiwan hopes the talks, which are opposed by Beijing, could begin in September

Provincial governments are racing to help irrigate crops ahead of the autumn harvest amid concern the severe drought in the Yangtze River basin will spread to four more provinces

Gaming giant suffered its first quarterly sales fall on Wednesday and has been hit hard by Beijing's clampdown on game approvals and playing time, not to mention Covid lockdowns

Tenaga Nasional plans to spend $4.5bn annually over the next three decades to help it, and the country, reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Japan's Nikkei closed above 29,000 for the first time in seven months and China and Hong Kong stocks rose. South Korea was down.

Major companies including Apple supplier Foxconn and Intel are among those affected, as is Tongwei, the world's largest supplier of polysilicon.

Imports soared to a record $76bn in July, and with the yen falling 23% over the past year, the country's terms of trade are now the worst since 2015

HKEX has suffered a notable decline in listings and trading at its two Hong Kong exchanges from both China's economic slowdown, plus lingering geopolitical tension.

Chinese companies that assemble products for US tech giant Apple are considering making the Apple Watch and MacBook in Vietnam for the first time