Kishida won a run-off against vaccine minister Taro Kono. The former banker is set to become prime minister on Monday, but he will have just 4-5 weeks before he faces an election.

State planning agency reassures residents and businesses in areas hit by shortages that it and local officials are closely monitoring regional coal supplies and use

But the crisis will hit provincial governments and the economy – so China's era of high rates of GDP growth may be over, ADB's Asakawa says

Anti-competition watchdog calls for regulations on use of internet data to sell ads, claiming Google's dominance in the sector hurts publishers, advertisers and consumers

Goldman Sachs says China faces "significant downside pressures" from energy shortages and has cut the country’s economic growth forecast for 2021 to 7.8%, from 8.2%.

Factory output in August was the slowest since July 2020, cutting profits at industrial plants, which face high commodity prices, Covid-19 outbreaks, part shortages and now a power crisis.

Restrictions on residential power use have been imposed in some provinces to ensure China meets its pledge to cut carbon emissions after only a third were found to have met targets in the first half of 2021

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob tables a new plan that boosts infrastructure spending and commits KL to a carbon tax, plus no more coal power plants

Exchanges and providers of crypto services are scrambling to sever ties with mainland Chinese clients. Some are shutting services, while others are moving to Singapore.

Tight coal supplies and tougher emissions standards have caused factory shutdowns in key provinces, hitting heavy industry in several regions and economic growth

Australia will play a key role in supplying critical minerals to other members of the group, which wants to ensure China does not exert control over items essential to modern technology.

Logistics provider adds Chinese e-commerce giant as a new backer as it raises $578 million in a late funding round.