Astronauts say that current space nappies are "too thick and cause a strong sense of pressure on the underside" according to a Chinese space research journal

The PBOC left its medium-term rate on 100 billion yuan ($14.8 billion) worth of one-year lending facility loans to some financial institutions unchanged at 2.85%

Average new home prices across 70 key cities were steady month-on-month, after a 0.1% drop in May and a 0.2% decline in April, data showed

Taiwan is weighing a fine of up to T$25 million ($835,600) on Foxconn for funding struggling Chinese chip conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup without government approval

China's GDP expanded just 0.4% year-on-year in the second quarter, slowing significantly from 4.8% in the first quarter, official data showed on Friday

Shares of struggling developers dropped further on Friday as homebuyers' refusal to repay loans on partly built apartments outweighed government assurances to get projects completed on time

While TikTok dominates screen time in Western households, back in China children are unable to watch YouTube, which is blocked. 

Solomon Islands PM said his nation would never host a Chinese military base, as that would undermine regional security and make his country "an enemy"

A banking scandal at six small banks in China's Henan and Anhui provinces "has spooked depositors and may risk broader contagion," a report by S&P Global says

``If there comes a massive wave of home auctions, prices will crash,'' said Gavekal Dragonomics. "Both social stability and financial stability will be endangered in the worst case."

Fiscal revenues in January to June rose 3.3% from a year ago, faster than a 2.9% rise during the January-May period

The CSI300 Bank index fell as much as 3.3% in early trading, its lowest since March 2020, hitting banks and developers as the 'Stop Mortgage Repayment' protest spreads to over 100 projects