Genetic resources and finance are tipped to be key issues on a legally binding UN agreement to protect the world's oceans

China's biggest provincial economy, Guangdong in the south, spent $10 billion last year, including vaccinations, PCR testing and subsidies for medical staff.

The US government plans to bar investment in some Chinese tech companies, to stop American money pouring into sensitive sectors such as chips for artificial intelligence

Jiankui served three years in prison for illegal medical practices after creating three genetically modified girls Lulu, Nana, and Amy in 2018, the SCMP said

The Taiwanese firm, which assembles around 70% of Apple’s iPhones, reported record revenue in January of $22 billion

Beijing is to drop its Covid test requirement and quotas, and Hong Kong has launched a free flights campaign to lure back visitors

China's dropping of travel curbs resurrected services activity in January for the first time in five months. It also sent business confidence to near 12-year highs, a Caixin/S&P Global survey found

President Xi Jinping warned this week that China must speed up moves to become self-reliant in science and technology "to prevent being strangled by foreign countries"

Mining giant Rio Tinto apologized for the health safety scare triggered by the temporary loss of the radioactive capsule by a contractor carrying it from a mine in the north to Perth

Economists wary about figures for January, saying strong holiday consumption has flattered the PMI report and that export orders have got worse

Approximately half of the small industries surrounding Delhi now use biomass, up from 15% in 2020

Visitors from the mainland have swarmed into the former Portuguese enclave over the Lunar New Year break, after China dropped its Covid travel curbs