China's faster transition to electric vehicles has helped carmakers such as BYD and Great Wall Motor establish a foothold in a sector that Japanese automakers have long dominated

Producer price index sees steepest decline since 2015, while consumer inflation was at its slowest since 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

Glaciers at the source of some of Asia's biggest rivers are melting faster, with glacial lakes getting bigger and more likely to collapse and create 'outburst floods', a new report says

Yellen expressed concern about "unfair" and "punitive" actions against US companies in China after a meeting on Friday with US business representatives in Beijing

The penalty will pave the way for fintech giant to become a financial holding company and eventually allow it to revive its plan for a stock market listing.

President Xi Jinping warned his Russian counterpart against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine during his visit to Moscow in March, a new report says

Abrupt end to zero-Covid and lack of confidence in the economy and the yuan spurs rush to buy Hong Kong insurance, with policies leaping a staggering 2,686% to $9.6 billion in the first quarter

US vaccine maker says it signed agreements with Shanghai officials on developing mRNA vaccines in China. Local news outlet says it is a $1-billion deal

Chinese analysts say Yellen's speech in April, which ranked national security interests as the top plank of America's bilateral economic policy, did not inspire optimism for the visit

Japanese car giant believes it could make a solid-state battery that charges in 10 minutes and has a range of 745 miles (nearly 1,200km)

Business activity and new orders both expanded at notably slower rates last month than in May, the Caixin PMI showed.

The best first-half gains in a decade, corporate reforms and Japan's ultra-easy monetary policy supporting the economic recovery have led to a change in mindset, analysts say