Vice Commerce Minister Sheng Qiuping says SMES face greater pressure to survive amid Covid restrictions on mobility and risks of declining external demand.

China is shooting rods of silver iodide into the clouds in an attempt to induce rainfall in its Yangtze River basin area following the worst heatwave since 1961.

Chinese companies that assemble products for US tech giant Apple are considering making the Apple Watch and MacBook in Vietnam for the first time

Footage posted on social media shows chaotic scenes in Shanghai when staff tried to lock customers in a building and Ikea store amid concern about people having Covid-19

China's financial hub Shanghai is set to reopen all schools, kindergartens and nurseries on September 1, officials said on Sunday

Many private companies in Dongguan have been forced to shut down, lay off staff, or suspend production because zero-Covid restrictions had a severe impact on their operations

Less harsh lockdowns seem to be the preferred strategy in many areas - that reducing 'unnecessary' movement for a few days is the best way to halt an outbreak and not kill the economy

Japan's ageing population was the main source of the decline, said the report, while Covid-19 restrictions last year kept its foreign population lower than usual

Tibet's two biggest cities have been hit by lockdowns while 178,000 tourists are stranded on Hainan Island after travel bans were imposed, officials said Tuesday

Tens of thousands of tourists are stuck in Sanya beach resort after authorities imposed travel restrictions on Saturday in response to the latest Covid-19 outbreak.

Chinese authorities on Saturday imposed a Covid lockdown in Sanya, a holiday resort in the south of Hainan Island, and shut its public transport system.

The kingdom's economy improved in June, which Bank of Thailand (BOT) senior director Chayawadee Chai-Anant also ascribed to more robust domestic consumption.