This is the latest move by Chinese authorities to restrict access to key data and information, a trend that is unnerving overseas investors

The PBOC's unexpected move on Tuesday comes as data for July showed weak retail sales and industrial growth. Analysts say more support is urgently needed to avoid a 'downward spiral'

Sources say SoftBank Group is in talks with Vision Fund 1 to buy the 25% stake in Arm it does not directly own as it gets ready for the chip designer's Nasdaq IPO

The Bank of Japan has stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy as global central banks have hiked interest rates, making returns in other countries look more attractive

Reports that China's third biggest developer is considering a debt restructuring, coupled with a warning that it might report up to $7.6 billion in losses for the first half, spooked investors

The progress made on reducing emissions intensity could help India avert pressure by developed nations to stop using coal, officials said

Beijing "resolutely opposes" the US restrictions, after the Biden administration explains the 'narrow subsets' of its move and likely outcomes for various sectors in 2024, when the new rules will start

The biggest foreign bank in Myanmar warned local banks last week it will restrict all payments to and from Myanmar accounts, a move could help bring a quicker end to the country's bitter civil strife

Anxiety is rising that China is entering an era of much slower economic growth akin to the period of Japan's "lost decades", which saw consumer prices and wages stagnate for a generation

A top security official said the Philippines never promised China it would remove the old warship on Ayungin shoal; Beijing's claim was a 'figment of its imagination'

The US is expected to target private equity, venture capital and joint venture investments in China in chips, quantum computing and AI; firms will have to report that activity, sources say

The move has racked up costs for makers of drones in the country, with around 70% of goods in the supply chain currently being made in China