Foxconn Interconnect Technology, which makes data transmission equipment and connectors, has been forced to switch operations to a back-up factory, until work can restart at Kunshan

Sentiment was undermined by fears strict lockdown measures will spread to Beijing, after the capital required everyone living or working in Chaoyang district to take Covid tests this week

Millions sought food from the Alibaba's Freshippo after most supermarkets and stores shut, but the system was overloaded by a 200-300% rise in orders, company says

Operations at the plants located in Dianfa and Fuhong in northern Kunshan have been halted since last Wednesday

The Bank of China and Bank of Communications are reportedly set to follow smaller lenders and cut their deposit rate ceilings on Monday

Officials in Beijing are on a "Covid-19 alert" and plan to test parts of the community in the Chinese capital after 15 new cases were found on Saturday, paper says

Local statistics officials said retail sales plummeted by 18.9% in March, while industrial output was also hit.

Toyota-backed tech firm gets a licence to operate 100 vehicles in Guangzhou's Nansha district. Rival groups are also testing self-driving cars in Shenzhen, Changsha and California.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce warns that totalitarian China built bases in the South China Sea after vowing never to do that. US to expedite plan to build an embassy in Honiara

The first train carrying just freight from China to Laos set off from Shenyang in northeastern Liaoning province on Friday for Kunming and then down to Vientiane

State officials say China needs to improve its air quality standards because pollution is still taking a serious toll on citizens' health.

Shanghai's long-running Covid lockdown continues while big cities and neighbouring states – Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore – are easing restrictions or set to open up.