Thousands of young workers clashed with police on Saturday during a protest to demand wages after they were laid off without pay by the heads of a Covid test-kit factory in southwest China

India has passed Japan for the first time to become the world's third largest auto market with sales of at least 4.25 million units in 2022

The battery-maker aims to produce LFP batteries that can be made at lower cost, but deliver less range than comparable nickel-cobalt electric vehicle batteries

China will also open up its international borders on Sunday, with travellers not being forced to quarantine for the first time since 2020

Investors were pulled in both directions on Wednesday with worries over more US interest rate hikes balanced off by hopes of a post-Covid China recovery

Nvidia said its technology, which includes chips to process information from sensors in real time, will help Foxconn overcome challenges in ramping up automobile production

Investors were upbeat about China’s long-term prospects, banking on it emerging stronger after seeing out the current wave of virus infections

The world’s No2 economy saw manufacturing contract sharply in December as Covid infections soared following Beijing’s about-turn on its ‘zero-Covid’ policy

Hospitals have been swamped by people seriously ill with Covid, while the country has also seen a rush of queries from people wanting to travel again, as quarantine rules will end on January 8

Stocks in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo all rose on Tuesday after Beijing dropped its quarantine requirement for inbound travellers; the US dollar also eased

Subway trains in Beijing and Shanghai were packed, while some major traffic arteries in the two cities were jammed with slow-moving cars

Analysts have warned the world's second-largest economy is "entering the most dangerous weeks of the pandemic"