Asia's factory activity slid last month as China's strict zero-Covid approach and cost pressures hit businesses hard

The world's second-biggest economy is set to slow again in the third quarter as Covid lockdowns across the country hit production

Market watchers say the latest ban is likely to affect a swathe of Chinese tech companies including giants such as Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings, Baidu, and Huawei Technologies.

Local governments are selling off idle properties and mining rights as the country's faltering economy puts pressure on fiscal revenue, Caixin Global reported

August sales for China's top 100 property developers fell more than 30% from the same time last year, slipping a further 0.8% from July, Wall Street Journal said

Serious rights violations have been committed in Xinjiang under China's counter-terrorism strategies, the UN rights commissioner said in a report released on Wednesday

Officials in Chengdu, in the southwest, and Shenzhen, the tech hub in the southeast, have ramped up efforts to contain Covid as cases continued to rise on Thursday.

US officials tell California chip designer to stop exporting two top chips to China used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, satellite imagery and other purposes

Most Asian markets slipped on Wednesday as investor worries about monetary tightening were inflamed by strong US jobs data. But stocks in Korea edged up slightly

The building industry faces multiple threats such as "sluggish demand, weakening expectations and falling prices," Country Garden said.

Officials in the southern city have clamped down to smother a potential outbreak after five local infections were reported on Tuesday. Some 41 cities now have restrictions imposed.

E-commerce giants, plus Yum China and their auditors have been told they will be among the first companies whose books are inspected by PCAOB regulators in Hong Kong next month