Japanese shares soared to a 34-year peak on Tuesday, rising 2.9% while stock markets in China were all closed again for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Index provider MSCI raised Indian stocks to an all-time high of 18.2% on Tuesday, which saw it narrow the gap with China, and could lead to inflows of about $1.2 billion

Chinese, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korean markets were closed for the Lunar New Year, while Japan was also shut for National Day

But how long the market recovery will last remains to be seen, given that broader data out of the world’s second-largest economy continues to disappoint

Cabinet dumps Yi Huiman as chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. He will be replaced by Wu Qing, a veteran securities regulator who had led the Shanghai Stock Exchange

The threat of overpriced shares, as well as possible political change and regulatory uncertainty, have failed to deter the reflow of cash

Officials ramp up moves to stem selloff of Chinese stocks, restricting the amount of cross-border swap deals domestic investors can undertake

The proposed sell-off of Freshippo and RT-Mart comes amid Alibaba's restructuring and China's tightened scrutiny of IPOs

Cumulative net buying of Chinese equities from January 23 to 25 totalled $12 billion and was the biggest three-day spree in more than five years, Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients

The move will give “all types of investors more time to digest market information” and create “a fairer market order," China's markets regulator said

Chinese share funds saw the second largest inflow ever in the week to Wednesday, a Bank of America Global Research report showed on Friday

Move to relax lending rules seen as unlikely to have a significant impact because banks won't lend to private developers unless they're forced to, analysts say