The setback came as Sinopec reported an overall 25% rise in net income for the three-month period, a level last seen in the third quarter of 2020

Universal Studios in Beijing announced it would require visitors to show negative test results before they could enter the theme park, starting on Friday

Chinese investors were lifted by signals that Beijing would prioritise growth but its markets are still set for their largest monthly fall since 2016

Beijing recorded 31 locally transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the country's state broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday

Shanghai Securities Association, Shanghai Futures Association, and Shanghai Asset Management Association said firms should operate continuously and guarantee funds and transactions

Officials have enforced strict lockdowns in China's most important economic hub, Shanghai, and the pinch from resulting economic losses will be felt across the world

An exodus will hurt Shanghai's ambition to be a regional financial centre and could be bad news for foreign firms that expanded operations in the city over the past few years

Market attention has now jumped to China’s capital where authorities are in a race to keep a lid on the latest coronavirus outbreak

Investors are "ditching China on an unprecedented scale", because of Beijing's zero-Covid policy, the global rise in interest rates, and sanction risks from Russia's war in Ukraine, it says

China’s worsening Covid situation saw its stock markets suffer their worst day in 27 months with investors worried over its impact on global supply chains

Residents in Beijing were preparing for a possible nightmare scenario, rushing to buy food, toilet paper and other supplies, as the city's biggest district started testing 3.5m residents.

Officials in Beijing are on a "Covid-19 alert" and plan to test parts of the community in the Chinese capital after 15 new cases were found on Saturday, paper says