A record 38 QDII funds had been launched this year for Chinese investors seeking exposure to foreign assets

Government's optimism that the economy is nearing an end to a period of prolonged stagnation echoes views from the Bank of Japan, which has said corporate price- and wage-setting behaviour is changing

The cause of the malfunction was not clear, but it comes amid an alert over harassing phone calls, likely from China, related to Japan's release of treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear plant

The deal is another shot in the arm for the currently loss-making startup, coming on the heels of a stake sale to, and partnership with, Germany's Volkswagen

Impacts felt by currencies such as the Aussie dollar, and across many sectors such as New Zealand dairy products, shares of luxury goods, to miner BHP and the Las Vegas Sands casino firm

China’s blue-chip CSI300 Index has dropped to nine-month lows, and is down 11% from an April peak

The US commerce secretary said she would tell Chinese officials, "when it comes to national security we don't negotiate. We don't give concessions. We don't compromise"

On Friday, Evergrande said it had "adequately" fulfilled exchange guidance for the resumption of trade of its Hong Kong-listed stock

The country's central bank also said it would stick to the principle that houses are for living in and not vehicles for speculation

Xi was the only state leader personally received by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the airport; in contrast Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was met by Ramaphosa’s deputy

New Delhi will move slowly in considering the tax cut as any lowering of taxes on imported EVs could disrupt the market and upset local players, sources said

Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumped by over 2%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng and South Korea’s KOSPI were down 2% and 0.7%, amid fears of more hawkish signals from the Fed later today