Hong Kong announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries on Wednesday and tightened Covid-19 restrictions as authorities feared a fifth wave of the coronavirus

China's Zero-Covid policy threatens to worsen supply-chain disruptions and exacerbate inflationary pressures, says research firm Eurasia Group.

Tesla's announcement that it has opened a showroom in Xinjiang has been condemned by rights and trade groups, amid serious concern over forced labour and other abuses in the region

About 100 people chanted 'Return our money!' after news of the company's latest setback - having been ordered late last week to demolish buildings on Hainan Island

Asian stocks were mostly flat on Thursday with concern about the Omicron variant weighing on investors in cautious holiday trade after a mixed close on Wall Street

Women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India say they had to endure crowded dorms without flush toilets and food sometimes crawling with worms

Two Chinese regulators announced draft rules for firms' offshore listings over the past week, giving some clarity on how they plan to monitor capital market activities amid the regulatory crackdown.

The CSRC has proposed that banks that manage a Chinese firm's offshore listing to register with them and file annual reports on the listings they work on

Morgan Stanley is set to increase its stake in its brokerage joint venture in China by 4% to 94%, an exchange filing showed on Wednesday, putting it on track to take full ownership of the business.

Stocks fell in most Asian centres on Wednesday as a "Santa Claus rally" showed signs of fatigue and continued fears over the Omicron variant – and uncertain prospects for 2022

China has approved plans to build four clusters of data centres in the country's north and west for the data needs of Beijing and major coastal centres, the top state planner said on Wednesday

The optimistic risk-on appetite in the US carried over to Asia, with Tokyo up 1.4% while markets in Singapore, Seoul, Jakarta, KL and Taipei all enjoyed a rise