Washington and Taipei have agreed to start formal trade talks shortly on a new initiative. Taiwan hopes the talks, which are opposed by Beijing, could begin in September

Provincial governments are racing to help irrigate crops ahead of the autumn harvest amid concern the severe drought in the Yangtze River basin will spread to four more provinces

Gaming giant suffered its first quarterly sales fall on Wednesday and has been hit hard by Beijing's clampdown on game approvals and playing time, not to mention Covid lockdowns

Japan's Nikkei closed above 29,000 for the first time in seven months and China and Hong Kong stocks rose. South Korea was down.

MIT Professor Chen Gang, investigated by the US for links to China, is among researchers who discovered a material they say may be better for making computer chips than silicon.

Major companies including Apple supplier Foxconn and Intel are among those affected, as is Tongwei, the world's largest supplier of polysilicon.

Bridgewater Associates' Alibaba stake was valued at $813 million at the end of the first quarter, Nasdaq.com said. The world's largest hedge fund retains stakes in Baidu and Tencent Music.

HKEX has suffered a notable decline in listings and trading at its two Hong Kong exchanges from both China's economic slowdown, plus lingering geopolitical tension.

Chinese companies that assemble products for US tech giant Apple are considering making the Apple Watch and MacBook in Vietnam for the first time

Footage posted on social media shows chaotic scenes in Shanghai when staff tried to lock customers in a building and Ikea store amid concern about people having Covid-19

The move marks a major retreat by Tencent from the NFT market, which has come under increased scrutiny from Chinese regulators.

China's banking system is bursting with cash. Savers added 10.3 trillion yuan ($1.52 trillion) in deposits in the first half and M2 money supply rose at the fastest pace in six years in July.