An underwhelming end to the year of the rabbit saw Hong Kong’s benchmark fall back while Tokyo’s main bourse advanced again

An online watchdog’s report named public relations firm Hamai as being behind the websites which attack China’s critics and share conspiracy theories

Shares in the company have dropped 18% over the last month as chipmakers continue to struggle to gain traction after last year’s slump

Tokyo’s benchmark index continued its unassailable rise, boosted by BOJ’s signal on tightening, while Hong Kong was the region’s outlier

Exports have helped drive subsidised Chinese automakers' growth but they are now seeing pushback from US and European governments

The figures are for the quarter that saw Beijing fining the group $984 million for violating consumer protection and corporate governance laws

Increased competition at home and abroad in the electric vehicle sector, particularly from China, has piled the pressure on Elon Musk’s firm

Chinese investors were still in buoyant mood after Beijing’s policy boosts but longer term uncertainty also cast a shadow

Intelligence chiefs in The Netherlands said the cyber gang breached an armed forces network but tech firms like ASML were also targets

The threat of overpriced shares, as well as possible political change and regulatory uncertainty, have failed to deter the reflow of cash

The one-time China Merchants Bank president saw his sentence reprieved and will serve up to seven years in prison for bribery and insider trading

Investors across the region responded positively to Beijing’s latest efforts to turnaround its markets’ fortunes