Traders across the region kept their powder dry with a deluge of earnings reports dropping this week and some key economic figures too

The regional rivals have promised to set up more lines of communication to resolve maritime issues

The move by the Taiwanese contractor is the latest by firms in Apple’s supply chain which sees them avoiding ties to China

Ford-brand sales were down in China in the first quarter and chief executive Jim Farley said the country’s domestic brands were getting it right

The BoJ’s new chief Kazuo Ueda has already reassured markets that any change won't happen quickly following last month’s banking turmoil

Private firms have been a critical part of China's economic rise in the past four decades and provide 80% of urban employment

Investors were preoccupied with the prospects of the world’s leading two economies as well as concerns over the AI bubble bursting soon

More than half a dozen mainland-based equity, mutual and quant funds worth billions of dollars have set up operations in the territory in the past six months

The South Korean government and battery producers LG Energy Solution, Samsung and SK On will together invest in the next generation of power cells

Japan’s Nikkei and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng were on the front foot thanks to tech optimism but elsewhere China’s uneven recovery concerned investors

Beijing is using its cyber capabilities to achieve strategic geopolitical goals and conduct global spying campaigns, the GCHQ director said

A United Nations report forecasts there will be almost 3 million more people in India than in China by mid-2023