Ministry calls for improved cross-border security management of big data in a five-year plan put out on Tuesday. It comes as the country pushes its regulatory framework for data and tech

State energy giant has started construction of a 3 billion yuan ($470 million) green hydrogen plant, with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tonnes, in Kuqa city in China's northwest region

The Omicron variant is likely to spread globally and threatens to cause infection surges that could have "severe consequences", the WHO said, but the news from South Africa was less troubling

Digital Core REIT, sponsored by US-listed Digital Realty Trust, is set to raise $600 million in an initial public offering in Singapore, the largest listing in the city-state this year

Japan said on Monday it would bar entry to foreigners from midnight on Tuesday to prevent the spread of the Omicron Covid variant. Earlier, Singapore and Malaysia reopened their land border

Singapore-based virtual currency exchange Coinstore has begun operations in India at a time when the Modi government is drawing up a new law that will effectively bar most private cryptocurrencies

Malaysia has agreed to ratify the ILO's protocol on forced labour, following repeated claims of serious labour abuses this year involving firms in the glove-making and other sectors.

Top economic policy official says tech platforms that possess large amounts of personal data should return 20% to 30% of revenue generated by transactions to the state

US government memos show Visa raised concerns about a "level playing field" in India during an August meeting between US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and company bosses

China could face more than 630,000 Covid-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, a study by Peking University mathematicians has warned

India's economic crime-fighting agency have summonsed officials of Amazon and its warring partner Future Group in a case related to alleged violation of foreign investment rules

China's rail link down into Laos opens this week, but experts question if Laotians will benefit from a $6-billion project that led to the eviction of 4,400 farmers and created huge national debt