Chinese banks extended 346 billion yuan (nearly $48bn) of new loans in July, far short of forecasts, while floods have damaged crops in a key grain belt

Latest remarks by Biden could irk Beijing, although the US leader noted that he did not want to hurt China, just wanted a rational relationship with its leaders

The Chinese e-commerce outfit recorded first-quarter revenue of $32.29 billion despite fears growing for the country’s stuttering recovery

China critic Michael Chong was a target of a disinformation operation on the Chinese social media platform WeChat, Canada’s foreign ministry says

Beijing "resolutely opposes" the US restrictions, after the Biden administration explains the 'narrow subsets' of its move and likely outcomes for various sectors in 2024, when the new rules will start

Chinese tech giants Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba and Bytedance have placed orders worth $5 billion with Nvidia for its top AI chips and GPUs, but it is unclear if these items will be affected by the latest White House order

Last year 47% of university leavers in the country went home within six months of graduation, blaming job shortages and housing costs

German licence revenues from China more than tripled in 2022 compared to 2014 as escalating international tensions have made direct investments difficult

The biggest foreign bank in Myanmar warned local banks last week it will restrict all payments to and from Myanmar accounts, a move could help bring a quicker end to the country's bitter civil strife

But the draft Cyberspace Administration of China rules also allow broad use for ‘national security’ purposes

Anxiety is rising that China is entering an era of much slower economic growth akin to the period of Japan's "lost decades", which saw consumer prices and wages stagnate for a generation

A top security official said the Philippines never promised China it would remove the old warship on Ayungin shoal; Beijing's claim was a 'figment of its imagination'