The economic fallout of Covid lockdowns in many cities led to many buyers putting off plans to take on debt to buy new homes. That's why experts say a real estate revival is still a way off.
 
							Criminals also try to entice people to invest in these IPOs through texting, social media and sometimes even seemingly misdirected messages
 
							Another 13 companies in China, Hong Kong and the UAE have been hit with US sanctions for helping to sell "hundreds of millions of dollars" of Iranian oil and oil products to buyers in East Asia
 
							Cyber attack on Vanuatu has greatly disrupted government services in the Pacific Island nation over the past two weeks
 
							China Evergrande, faced with $300 billion in liabilities, is set to start negotiating debt restructuring terms next month
 
							Officials in Guangzhou in southern China are setting up makeshift hospitals and quarantine facilities as Covid cases rise to more than 8,700 in the southern manufacturing hub
 
							Asia-Pacific is no one's backyard and should not become an arena for big power contest, the Chinese President said
 
							Taiwan’s parliament is likely to review technology transfers to mainland China because of fears that leaked advancements could undermine the island’s critical tech sector
Britain blocks Chinese takeover of chip factory in Wales, saying the move was prompted by national security concerns.
 
							Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 2.7%, with its tech stocks slipping more than 5%. Mainland Chinese shares also declined, with blue chips falling 1.2%.
 
							Analysts think the switch is down to a view that Pinduoduo's global ambitions and cheaper products give it an edge over JD.com's domestic business
 
							Local government chiefs have reportedly appealed to former government workers too to take on work at the tech firm’s Covid-affected factory