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.

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