Beijing vows to respond to sanctions announced on Friday, while Blinken has begun a tour of Southeast Asia nations to shore up ties with Jakarta, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur

China will loosen restrictions on energy consumption to ensure its climate targets do not erode economic growth, but will seek to cap CO2 emissions to meet environmental goals

Zhejiang reported a total of 173 locally transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms during the December 6-12 period, official numbers showed

Washington blacklisted SenseTime over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, which the firm called "unfounded"

China will continue to implement a prudent monetary policy, officials said after the annual Central Economic Work Conference, as Beijing planned ahead with big grain purchases in Europe

Hui Ka Yan's holding in the embattled Evergrande Group has dropped from 61.88%, Hong Kong stock exchange filings showed, in a forced selling by a third party with whom the shares were pledged

NEV sales shot up to 450,000 units in November, but overall auto sales dropped 9% from a year earlier, industry data showed on Friday

Real estate sector has slowed sharply this year with sentiment shaken by tighter regulations and a liquidity crisis that engulfed the largest and most debt-laden developers

The decision follows a pledge from Xiomara Castro, the incoming president of Honduras, to switch recognition to Beijing

Washington is also allegedly considering adding more tech firms to the Commerce department's entity list and to the Treasury list banning US investment

Move comes after FT reported the US will put the firm on an investment blacklist on Friday, meaning US investors could not buy shares in the group

The outlook for the fourth quarter - normally a popular time for southerners to head north for winter breaks and northerners to head south for warmer weather - has dimmed