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China’s worsening Covid situation saw its stock markets suffer their worst day in 27 months with investors worried over its impact on global supply chains
Lawmakers had questioned whether the foreign brokerages were making buy recommendations but actually selling TSMC shares
Sentiment was undermined by fears strict lockdown measures will spread to Beijing, after the capital required everyone living or working in Chaoyang district to take Covid tests this week
China's CSI300 index was close to a 23-month low on Monday, while the Hang Seng dropped 2.8% and the Nikkei fell 1.9%. Oil slipped 2.7%.
Officials in Beijing are on a "Covid-19 alert" and plan to test parts of the community in the Chinese capital after 15 new cases were found on Saturday, paper says
Toyota-backed tech firm gets a licence to operate 100 vehicles in Guangzhou's Nansha district. Rival groups are also testing self-driving cars in Shenzhen, Changsha and California.
Concern about rate hikes and war in Ukraine spurred investors to withdraw $15.2 billion, the biggest weekly amount since December 15, according to Refinitiv-Lipper data.
Taiwan has set its sights on playing a role in green energy systems to slash carbon emissions – and profit from the massive transition to cleaner power over coming decades
The fundraising target for the LIC listing has reportedly been slashed to 300 billion rupees ($3.9 billion) because of cool investor sentiment
Questions could be asked on the timing of Zhihu's secondary listing in Hong Kong, after the group's shares plunged 23.6% and it endured the city's second worst ever stock debut
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