China has admitted that the anchor of a Hong Kong-flagged vessel ripped apart an important gas pipeline from Finland to Estonia in the Baltic Sea in late 2022

The central bank will extend its policy to support companies' carbon-reduction projects for three more years – up till the end of 2027

The PBOC has opened a new front, following wars fought against speculators and unwelcome price moves in China's stock and currency markets

Many investors remained on the sidelines ahead of key data announcements out of both China and the US this week

Companies in China have been testing cargo drones that can carry loads of up to 2 tonnes, while helicopter taxis are planned near Shanghai

Markets took their cue from an overnight rally on Wall Street after a bigger-than-expected drop in US unemployment claims calmed investors' nerves

That was nearly as much as the climate change-related losses China suffered in the first six months of the year combined

A 5.3 tremor rocked Tokyo on Friday, a day after a 7.1 quake shook Kyushu and sparked a national emergency warning. Kyushu is home to chip plants run by Sony and TSMC, but damage was believed to be limited

Nobel laureate has been sworn-in as chief adviser of a caretaker government that has taken power, after weeks of turmoil and the abrupt departure of PM Sheikh Hasina on Monday

Weak demand for travel to China, plus rising costs and needing to avoid Russian airspace, has seen Western airlines slash services to the mainland

Sources say some of the compliance checks were related to four rural commercial banks under investigation for suspected bond market manipulation

Some 73 companies are now on the US blacklist. New additions include Rare Earth Magnesium Technology Group in Hong Kong and Century Sunshine Group, which make magnesium fertilizer and alloy products.