Investors were in a cautious mood, buoyed by Wall Street gains off the back of good earnings reports, but worried about China’s Covid and real estate troubles
The move, which comes amid pressure from Chinese stakeholder Ping An to break up the group, occurred after the lender raised its stake in the unit
Investors across the region followed the lead of a positive Wall Street on Wednesday though fears over China’s property market are deepening
The tally for 2022 bond defaults in China has passed $20 billion, largely because of the debt crisis in the property market. Defaults totaled $9 billion last year.
BCA Research expects China's recovery to be U-shaped this year, failing to repeat the V-shaped resurgence that followed lockdowns in 2020 during the early part of the pandemic.
Many protesters dislike the new president, but MPs felt his experience was vital given the country's dire economic state. IMF says it hopes to complete bailout talks with Sri Lanka as soon as possible
Beijing and the EU hold economic, trade talks amid tension over issues including the war in Ukraine, Xinjiang and an as yet unratified investment deal
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.