Group, which owns a $175 billion minority stake in Tencent, posted an 8% rise in first-half trading profit to $2.9bn as revenue rose rapidly in its overall portfolio

The CSI300 index rose 0.5% in the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.7%. The Hang Seng index dropped 0.4%.

Embattled developer's electric vehicle unit said it would issue about 900 million shares. That would see its total holdings in the unit drop to 58.5% after the fundraising.

China and the Asean are expected to upgrade their relations during the summit, which will be held via a video link

Hong Kong's Secretary for Food and Health said adolescents aged 12 to 17 will be accorded priority to receive the CoronaVac vaccine

Head of Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council calls for a better regulatory system to create a fair market environment.

A flurry of asset sales and share placings, including some from Evergrande, has sparked hopes this week that the sector will be able to avoid a full-blown crisis

US intelligence agencies came across suspicious construction activity at a port near Abu Dhabi, the capital of one of the US's closest allies in the Middle East, earlier this year

Companies involved in the cases would be fined $78,000 each under China's 2008 Anti-Monopoly Law, the market regulator said

Cash-strapped developers move cautiously on land buying after tighter regulatory curbs on fresh borrowing

People will be able to cross from Hong Kong to mainland China in early December, but the initial quota will be limited to just a few hundred a day, the South China Morning Post said on Friday

International Monetary Fund urges Beijing to adjust its fiscal policy to "neutral" from "contractionary" amid concern its recovery is "unbalanced" and momentum slowing