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A fresh crackdown on the country's medical and pharmaceutical sectors, set to last a year, has convinced investors that it may be best to buy the state and sell private sector holdings
Investors across the region had few reasons to be cheerful on Thursday as China’s downbeat prospects continued to sour the mood on trading floors
Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, which manages over $137 billion in assets, has hired a top accounting firm to help it deal with a liquidity crisis. Its Zhongrong Trust has stopped payments to investors
The automaker remains far behind its sales targets and faces tough competition in an industry where an increasing number of players are burning cash and facing an intense price war
Recent net selling of Chinese equities was the largest over any 10-day period since October 2022 and one of the steepest moves in the past five years
The release of home prices data showing the world’s No2 economy is continuing to struggle unnerved investors across Asia
Intel's proposed merger appears to be a victim of the US-China 'chip war', as it is one of several deals that Chinese regulators have failed to endorse
Experts say the data, which masks underlying weakness in the household sector, "doesn't mean a strong recovery in Japanese economy"
Chinese lawyers have heeded calls from local regulators to tone down the wording of business risks in documents for offshore listings, but some say the move could spur questions by the US regulator
This is the latest move by Chinese authorities to restrict access to key data and information, a trend that is unnerving overseas investors
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