Applications have been filed at two mainland stock exchanges for China's first public real estate investment trusts (REITs) based on residential properties.

China is seeking a 10-nation deal on security and trade, while Australia is offering help to counter climate change, plus a range of other aid projects.

After two months of a tortuous Covid-19 lockdown, Shanghai is moving slowly toward a reopening next Wednesday – June 1, while officials in Beijing are also looking to ease curbs on Sunday

Germany's Economy ministry has refused to give guarantees to carmaker Volkswagen in relation to investments in China, because of rights concerns about operations in Xinjiang, Der Spiegel says

Tesla has applied to register its EVs, batteries and solar products for sale in Thailand, according to report which said it would be the first country in Southeast Asia where Tesla would sell its vehicles

The world's most indebted developer has proposed paying foreign creditors owed about $19bn staggered cash instalments or equity in its services unit or its EV unit

Greenland Holdings could become the first state-backed construction giant in China to defer a large offshore bond debt in coming weeks

Scientists in Australia and other countries with a keen interest in Antarctica have been closely following China's activities in the southern polar region

Covid lockdowns in China lifted Alibaba's earnings, thanks to surging demand for cloud services as millions of citizens work from home and shop online

Development of new iPhones is "falling behind schedule" because restrictions on movement have yet to be fully lifted in Shanghai, Nikkei has reported

Curbs in China to contain the spread of Covid-19 appeared to boost demand for Baidu's cloud services and AI products, helping the group record revenue that topped estimates

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest is backing a quantum computing net zero initiative in the US to speed up his goal of producing cheap and abundant green hydrogen.