The Institute of International Finance said Chinese bond markets have suffered total outflows of $105 billion over nine months, while Chinese stock portfolios lost $7.6bn in October, the most since March.

The latest data suggests the Fed's swift monetary tightening is beginning to have an impact. Some analysts said this may be the start of inflation being defused. US stocks jumped on Thursday

Moves by the Politburo caused Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index to soar by over 7% on Friday, while Shanghai's benchmark CSI 300 jumped by 3% and the yuan hit a one-month high

US Customs has seized 1,053 shipments of solar panels between June, when the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act took effect, and October, forcing three top suppliers to stop shipments

The US Trade Representative's office said the latest talks between Taiwan and officials from six US agencies went well, before they wound up in New York on Wednesday

Chinese takeover would endanger public safety because of China's "deliberate, strategic approach to knowledge discovery and production control", German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said.

Major Japanese companies such as NTT and Kioxia have said they will invest in a new state-backed company that aims to mass-produce next-generation logic semiconductors

JPMorgan says 20% of "junk-rated" companies in China and two thirds of them in Russia could default in the coming year

Cryptocurrency markets were hit hard again on Thursday, after Binance walked away from a bailout deal for its smaller rival exchange FTX.

Five of southern manufacturing hub's 11 districts – and more than half of its 19 million residents – have been affected by the order announced over social media on Wednesday

The producer price index fell 1.3% year-on-year, reversing from a 0.9% gain a month earlier, National Bureau of Statistics data showed, while consumer inflation also moderated to 2.1%

Market participants were stunned when Binance signed a non-binding agreement on Tuesday to buy FTX's non-US unit to help cover what it called a liquidity crunch.