An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude that rocked Sichuan on Monday killed at least 21 people and shook the provincial capital of Chengdu, where 21m people are locked down amid a Covid outbreak.

The court approved an application by Evergrande on Monday and its major offshore credit group to adjourn the wind-up petition until November 7.

Prices of homes are expected to drop in China this year, while total sales could fall by about a quarter from last year, a new poll of economists has found

Move to cut the amount of foreign exchange reserves that financial institutions must hold is seen as aimed at slowing the depreciation of the yuan

China's booming export growth most likely slowed in August due to weaker global demand, while imports are also expected to have dropped because of a slide in consumption, analysts say.

Chinese tech chiefs at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai are said to be looking at speeding up their own AI chip development programme

Li Zhanshu will be at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok this week and will also visit Mongolia, Nepal and South Korea

Banks have started to dial back their exposure to the ailing sector with total real estate loans rising just 3.3% this year while overall lending rose 7.9%

White House has invited 12 Pacific island countries, including the Solomon Islands, which signed a security pact with China in April

China’s economy slowed sharply in the second quarter due to widespread lockdowns. Now, a nascent third-quarter recovery in the world's second-largest economy appears in danger of stalling.

JPMorgan has revised its full year 2022 GDP growth forecast for the world’s No2 economy down to 3.0% from 3.2%

Millions of people in China are under Covid controls again as Beijing continues to enforce its controversial zero-Covid policy and...