Geopolitical tension, war in Ukraine, climate change, security concerns and surging inflation have eroded faith in globalisation and respect for global trade rules among world powers

US officials have forewarned Beijing, in a bid to stabilize tense ties with China, that the Commerce Ministry is working on an update of chip export controls imposed by the US last year

Beijing is encouraging Chinese companies in the sector to form "innovation consortia” and share tech advances

Rejecting a US report from last week outlining an alleged global disinformation campaign funded by Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry said the report itself was false information

China has been hit by retail sales slumping below pre-pandemic levels, stagnant house prices, greater household debt and lagging private sector investment, the World Bank says

Police scrutiny of Evergrande, and now its chief, has complicated debt restructuring efforts by the world’s most debt-laden property developer

A survey has revealed business confidence among foreign company chiefs in China’s private sector is at an all-time low

The move by major companies to reduce production in China has boosted inflation, but the western shift to 'friendly shores' has been positive for countries like India and Vietnam

Former housing minister Mohamed Muizzu, who has vowed to develop warmer ties with Beijing, will take office as the new president of the Maldives next month

Developers sped up the launch of new and higher-quality housing projects to to take advantage of a range of support measures by the government, which helped end a four-month slide in home prices

The Asian Development Bank said on Saturday it approved a $300 million loan to Changzhi in northern Shanxi province to help "catalyse a green" transformation of the coal-mining region

Official manufacturing survey for September suggests the country's economy is beginning to bottom out, analysts say