A Washington state official said ‘Beijing claims to be neutral but its behaviour makes clear it is still investing in close ties to Russia’

The World Health Organization has asked Beijing for more accurate figures on its Covid hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations

The world’s No2 economy saw manufacturing contract sharply in December as Covid infections soared following Beijing’s about-turn on its ‘zero-Covid’ policy

China's Huawei says it will be 'business as usual' for the tech giant in 2023 as the impact of US sanctions wanes

The region’s indexes advanced off the back of positive US inflation data though China’s Covid woes continued to weigh

The onshore yuan was set to depreciate by 8.7% against the dollar for the year-to-date, its worst performance since 1994

Worries over another surge in US inflation dampened the mood across the region’s trading floors before the Christmas break

Forecasters say $2.97 billion will be spent in the country, mostly driven by domestic consumers and tourism

The change in policy will also apply to travellers from Hong Kong and Taiwan in what is a major shift in China’s rollback of its Covid curbs

The aftershock from the BOJ’s surprise bond yield change was still being felt too with bargain-buyers moving in

Japan’s central bank surprised markets with its bond yield tweak which boosted the yen and cooled the red-hot US dollar’s charge

Relations between the countries soured after Canberra called for an international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus and raised the alarm over China’s Pacific ambitions