Manufacturing activity contracted in Japan and South Korea, and increased by just a small margin in China. However, it grew at a brisk pace in India, survey data showed on Monday
Yellen is expected to discuss cooperation on climate change and global debt distress, plus concerns about China's anti-espionage law in talks with senior finance officials in Beijing this week
Nikkei says an investigation has found that customs records confirm that Russia has been buying drones from Chinese companies specifically for use in its war in Ukraine
China's foreign exchange regulator Pan Gongsheng, who has years of bank experience and studied in the UK and US, looks set to be the new head of the People's Bank of China
The US warns that China's anti-espionage law provides extra grounds to access and control data held by foreign firms in China and could criminalise normal business activity
Alberta Industrial Heartland and the Hong Kong-based private equity firm Can-China Global Resource Fund (CCGRF) have ended their tie-up amid 'big losses' and eroded bilateral ties
The rules, set to come into effect on September 1, will require Dutch companies that make advanced chipmaking equipment to seek a licence before they can export it
Factory activity continued to contract, while the services sector also recorded its weakest reading in June since China abandoned its strict Covid curbs late last year
Islamabad has won a bigger than expected bailout from the IMF to help the country manage its economic crisis, but the deal still needs endorsement by the IMF board in July
The US dollar rose to a more than seven-month high against the Japanese yen on Thursday, close to the 145 mark which could see the Bank of Japan intervene in the forex market again
Fresh export control rules being considered by the US will prohibit Nvidia from selling to China even those chips it specifically designed to meet earlier limits
China is set to double its renewable power capacity years ahead schedule, but most new capacity is not connected to local energy networks because of the country's old and inflexible power grid