Group's vice-president and chief financial officer are suspected to have been detained by authorities, who are now probing the shadow bank's dramatic implosion

Officials from China and Vietnam are discussing a possible upgrade of their rail links, including an historic line through part of northern Vietnam with large rare earth deposits

A bill requiring US companies to notify federal agencies of investment in Chinese technologies is opposed by a key lawmaker who believes Washington needs to invest more in its rival

Organisers are keen to generate goodwill before talks on the future of fossil fuels; fund would help poor nations cope with the cost of climate damage from drought, floods and rising seas

The US Treasury is expected to block an EV tax subsidy for buyers of cars containing batteries, components or minerals made by state-owned Chinese companies

A flurry of approvals of new coal-fired plants in recent years spurs fear over China's climate pledges – and the huge task for the world to meet its global warming targets

Negative sentiment among factory managers appears to have become entrenched in the face of weak demand at home and abroad; the vast services sector also contracted for the first time in 12 months

“Passive investment will likely outpace active investment in China over the next three to five years at least,” one investment manager said

Huawei has said the new unit will engage in R&D, production, sales and service of intelligent automotive systems and component solutions

Local governments have raised $21 billion via special bonds this year to boost the capital of small and mid-sized banks to reduce risks of spillover from the property crisis and economic slowdown

The 2020s will be a decade of rapid change driven by the need to counter intensifying global warming; responses by leading cities show a pattern likely to be replicated worldwide

The closure of the lab is the latest internal change at Alibaba, which surprised investors earlier this month by scrapping its plan to spin-off its cloud business