Senior Commerce official says US expects to sign a deal with allies in the near-term to support new rules launched to cut China's access to advanced chipmaking tools.

Asia's largest gas and oil producer reported profits of $16.66 billion from the January to September period

A total of 70 million smartphones were shipped from China to sellers in the third quarter, down 11% from 78.9 million from same period last year, research firm Canalys said on Thursday

Marvell joins other US companies scaling back their R&D operations in China after Washington imposed tough sanctions on China's chip sector

The recipient inhales a deep breath from the cup containing an aerosol of the vaccine and slowly exhales, the Straits Times said.

Imports totalled $89.66 billion in the first nine months of this year as India purchased more Chinese machinery and intermediate goods, the Hindu said

Some 28 cities were implementing varying degrees of lockdown measures, with over 200 million people affected in regions responsible for a quarter of national GDP at the start of this week

Profits at China's industrial firms fell by 6 percentage points in September. Covid restrictions, the property crisis and weakening demand were the key reasons.

Reports of Foxconn's Zhengzhou campus operating in a “production bubble” went viral on Chinese social media platforms

Cases have been rising in China, even in the Beijing, which has some of the strictest Covid barriers, despite the tough zero-Covid policy. Parts of Wuhan and Guangzhou have also been locked down

Central banks from Hong Kong, Thailand, China and the UAE issued CBDCs worth $12m on BIS’ mBridge platform to test cross-border transfers to and from commercial banks and foreign exchanges

The downgrade to B2 from B1 came after the Chinese conglomerate said last week its units would sell a combined 60% stake in Nanjing Nangang Iron & Steel United for up to $2.2bn