Banks agreed $180.63bn in new yuan loans last month, up from July but below analysts' expectations, PBOC data revealed

China's top banks face narrowing margins as they’ve also been asked by Beijing to boost their lending to the country's struggling economy

Banks have started to dial back their exposure to the ailing sector with total real estate loans rising just 3.3% this year while overall lending rose 7.9%

Most Asian markets slipped on Wednesday as investor worries about monetary tightening were inflamed by strong US jobs data. But stocks in Korea edged up slightly

E-commerce giants, plus Yum China and their auditors have been told they will be among the first companies whose books are inspected by PCAOB regulators in Hong Kong next month

China stocks slipped again on Tuesday amid concern about Covid restrictions, but markets in Japan, Australia and India all climbed higher. Eyes are now on US data on Friday.

Asian shares fell across the board on Monday as thoughts of more US and EU rate hikes stirred fears of a global recession and shot the dollar sharply higher

US regulators were cautious about the deal signed with China on Friday, which will allow initial audits of US-listed Chinese firms in Hong Kong from mid-September

Shares on mainland China slipped on Friday, but Hong Kong rose on news of a possible deal between the US and China with audit teams due to conduct initial checks in the city

This was the largest share listing in Hong Kong this year and raised $2.1 billion for China Tourism, which is a major duty-free network operator in mainland China

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index posted its biggest jump in nearly four months in a shortened trading session on Thursday, while China shares also rose. Markets elsewhere were mixed

Shanghai Exchange said trading in 67 funds was halted on Thursday at the request of asset managers, as the southbound leg of their Stock Connect schemes was interrupted