Tech experts say China will be dependent on foreign suppliers for years, so carmakers, who face a boom in demand and long supply delays, sometimes have to pay a premium to chip brokers

Sustainable infrastructure projects worth some $627 billion were announced in 2021, but many have been held up by Covid, supply chain delays and war in Ukraine, new report says

A state of emergency has been declared to prevent further unrest in Sri Lanka in the lead-up to a vote in parliament on Wednesday to select a new president

A report by the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter, said that Shanghai authorities had summoned executives from Alibaba's cloud division in relation to the data breach.

Spanish energy and building giant Acciona plans to spend $26 billion on renewable energy projects in Australia over the next five years, the company's chairman said

Solomon Islands PM said his nation would never host a Chinese military base, as that would undermine regional security and make his country "an enemy"

A banking scandal at six small banks in China's Henan and Anhui provinces "has spooked depositors and may risk broader contagion," a report by S&P Global says

Police in Fiji escorted two Chinese defence officials out of a Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Suva on Tuesday, when the US Vice President Kamala Harris was giving a virtual address

Covid curbs in Shanghai reignited worries of a wider economic disruption, while possible delisting risks of major Chinese firms from US exchanges dragged Hong Kong shares to a six-week low.

Shares in BYD plummeted by close to 12% on Tuesday amid speculation that US billionaire investor Warren Buffett may sell shares in China's top electric vehicle producer.

Closer ties with the EU ``would be very helpful for our companies for their attention towards and knowledge of Europe," said Taiwan Deputy Economy Minister Chen Chern-chyi.

A trove of data files reveals how cab-hailing service "flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments" between 2013 and 2017, the Guardian story alleges.