The region’s investors were unnerved by escalating Israel-Iran tensions but Hong Kong traders were more focused on Beijing’s stimulus efforts

Battery-electric vehicles accounted for 8% of new vehicle sales in June and July of this year, while overall auto sales are set to drop 12% this month

China’s continuing rollout of policy support measures kept market optimism high across the region

Power demands of the likes of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia is complicating investors' love affair with tech stocks

Ottawa joined the US and the European Union in putting 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles last month

The power pack, developed by SAIC-GM and CATL, would be the fastest charging electric vehicle battery to date

Speculation that Beijing is ready to ramp up its economic support even more saw a burst of risk-taking across the region

Sales of foreign-branded smartphones in China fell in August, while overall handset sales in the country increased 27%

Tech giants Microsoft, Meta and Google have all made purchases of carbon offsets in the Amazon rainforest this year

Caroline Ellison is the former partner of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, and was also one of the failed crypto exchange’s top executives

Investors were still digesting Beijing’s raft of policy support measures, with some beginning to doubt they go far enough

The celebrities will be among the available voices on Meta's group of apps, which include Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp