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Investors welcomed Beijing’s latest moves to shock its ailing property sector back into life as super typhoon Saola headed for Hong Kong
Officials in Hong Kong were urging citizens spooked by the lockdown of the city not to panic, as Typhoon Saola got closer to the mainland.
No reason was given on why Xi will not attend these events, but India and many ASEAN nations are upset over claims Beijing continues to make about land on its borders or in the South China Sea
Factory activity in the world's No2 economy shrank again last month, weighing on investor sentiment across the region
A report by an investigative journalists network suggests business partners of the Adani family invested $430 million in the group's stocks via "opaque" Mauritius funds; group denies 'rehash' of claims, but shares fall
China's biggest private developer says it faces default risks, while creditors prepared to vote on its proposal to delay payment for an onshore private bond; offshore creditors have in talks with a US law firm
The country's biggest lender, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and the Bank of China posted profit growth of just 1.2% and 0.78%
If true, the development of a homegrown 5G chip would mark a win for China's local semiconductor sector, which has seen stock market gains of roughly 8% so far this week
The surprise move, which was part of a slew of measures to bolster the stock market and investor sentiment, threatens to close one of the few bright spots in the country's financial sector this year
Investors responded to range of cues on Wednesday as Sino-US tensions, rate hikes, China’s property woes and US data all weighed on sentiment
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