Both exchanges spent last year preparing new rules to encourage SPAC listings after seeing hundreds of such flotations in the US and worrying that Asian firms would be lured away to list in New York

Analysts however await a significant recovery in inbound tourism, with tourists currently a fraction of travellers entering under vaccinated travel lane scheme

Financial hub reported a record daily surge in local Covid-19 infections on Monday as authorities scrambled to test residents and rein in the Omicron variant

The official China Securities Journal said short-term capital outflows won't change long-term appeal of China assets

The city has some of the most stringent Covid-19 rules, with a ban on flights from nine countries including Australia and Britain, and hotel quarantine of up to two weeks for travellers

The turbulence follows a year-long slide that had already caused widespread investor losses

Asia's share of new infections, excluding China, has grown to 48% of the global total, up from 21% during the January omicron peak

Tehran envoy Ali Chegeni said if both nations restart their rupee-rial trade, bilateral trade could surpass $30 billion

Sovereign fund voted against conglomerate's plan to break itself up by spinning off its devices business, a voting record showed

The two deaths happened in China's northeastern region of Jilin that borders North Korea and Russia, where case numbers make up over two thirds of total domestic infections

Bejing Financial Holdings Group and China Citic Financial Holding Co have been authorised to become financial holding companies, PBOC said

Barring manganese, prices of other commodities such as lithium, cobalt and nickel have increased sharply since the beginning of 2022