Market watchers wonder when the fintech giant will be able to revive its IPO plans and what it will have to give up to get a financial holding company license — one of the last items on its restructuring to-do list
Supply of the key raw material for electric car batteries looks set to catch up with demand, as a flood of investment into mining the metal foreshadows an impending glut
With Ma pulling further back from the reins of his e-commerce empire after ceding control of Ant Group, all eyes are watching to see if relations with the government can be patched up
Top electric-vehicle brand BYD maintained its strong sales growth, but its smaller Chinese competitors including XPeng and Nio were hobbled by Covid curbs
After China scaled back pandemic controls, a surge in severe infections left the hospitals and medical staff reeling
Following China’s easing of Covid controls, a slump in the bond market has led to plunging values of WMPs, stoking panic among retail investors
Airlines are struggling with understaffing and a new strain of the virus threatens to slow recovery in what was the world’s largest outbound travel market
Policymakers are now squarely focused on reviving the economy. But some analysts warned against ‘excessive optimism’ about when pre-pandemic growth rates will return
During a four-day visit to Saudi Arabia, the Chinese president held bilateral meetings with nearly 20 Arab leaders, the highest level diplomatic engagement in the region since founding of the PRC
The wave of infections raging across the country has led to a rush on common drugs such as ibuprofen, but supplies remain scant, at least for now
Experts say it is necessary to redefine the scope, methods and standards for the drafting of legislation to meet diverse community needs
The scramble to monetize the metaverse and web3 is in full swing, as a new phase of the internet based on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology takes shape
As policymakers prioritize economic recovery, analysts expect more fiscal support through a higher budget deficit and a bigger special bond quota for local governments
Government presses state-owned enterprises to buy domestic tech products as U.S. sanctions bite, spurring a surge in homegrown application innovations
Demand has fallen off in recent months in the country’s three biggest markets, though the reasons vary by region
The Jakarta-Bandung link, a $7.36 billion Belt and Road project, overcame property disputes, construction hurdles, cost overruns and the pandemic
Health care centers from Guangzhou to Shijiazhuang to Beijing are slammed amid surging infections and severe shortages of medical workers
On its first anniversary, the bourse, which was set up to help innovative small businesses raise capital, has little to celebrate
Vaccination campaign for the elderly gets rebooted and switch to home quarantine for close contacts and self-testing gathers pace across the country
Policy support and market demand make ‘distributed solar’ an increasingly attractive, reliable source of power