City awards $191-million contract to build quarantine centre on Fuxing Island, in the Huangpu River, while officials in Beijing step up checks and lock down compounds as cases rise

Two main coalitions are vying to form government – Barisan Nasional, which is the current ruling coalition, and the opposition Pakatan Harapan.

China defended its foreign policy stance on Thursday as its diplomats are embroiled a drama that saw a Hong Kong protester assaulted after being dragged into its consulate in Manchester.

Central bank unable to slow drop past key level, despite vow to buy 100 billion yen ($667 million) of state debt with 10-20 maturities plus another 100bn of bonds with maturities of 5-10 years

Carmakers in China delivered a million cars to dealers in the first nine months of this year – a record number, but a local brokerage said the market looks set to slow in 2023 as demand is softening

Falling prices and cooling demand in China, because of the prolonged crisis in its property sector, caused Rio to more than halve its interim dividend payout in July

The US-China trade conflict and the escalation of cross-Strait tensions have brought serious challenges, TSMC chairman Mark Liu says

The share of defective micro-circuits and components in deliveries to Russian companies from China has increased from 2% to 40% since the invasion in Ukraine, a local report says

ASML reports better-than-expected third quarter sales, says group is unable to keep up with demand, with orders of more than $29.4 billion from Asia and the US's biggest chipmakers

Hong Kong's new leader says he has prioritised improving the city's competitiveness and attracting highly skilled workers after the departure of 200,000 expatriates and locals in recent years.

About 500 shipments of Cisco Systems gear arrived in Russia in August, months after the US networking giant halting operations in the country, a leaked Customs document suggests

Analysts said Xi's eagerness to "win the battle" in core technologies could mean that China will not only bolster spending but overhaul its whole approach to boost key tech and chip sectors