Morning Bid: China GDP eyed as investor sentiment crumbles

Once again, FX traders will be on high alert for yen-buying intervention from Japanese authorities after the yen slumped to a new 34-year low through 154.00 per dollar on Monday. It is the ... Read More

China’s internet giants snap up their own shares to boost flagging stock market value

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter ... as they try to boost their market value in the midst of a historic stock rout in the world’s second largest economy. Read More

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Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened. By ... Read More

Stocks Extend Slide From Recent Records

Photo illustration: Noah Friedman/Storyblocks Stocks fell on Tuesday, continuing to fall from recent all-time highs. The S&P 500 lost 0.3%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq slid 0.4%. The blue-chip Dow ... Read More

China stocks end lower as sentiment remains subdued; HK shares up

Chinese stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday, as sentiment remained muted between optimism over ... Around the region, MSCI's Asia ex-Japan stock index was firmer by 0.68%, while Japan's Nikkei ... Read More

China, Hong Kong stocks edge up as sentiment improves

Chinese stocks closed up on Wednesday as investor sentiment improved slightly on upbeat data released this week, even as concerns over the country's consumption and property sector lingered. ** ... Read More

China & the World

described how authorities used COVID prevention measures to “strangle” foreign news bureaus’ China coverage.... A Party organization’s flippant invocation of “World War III” using ... Read More

Hong Kong stocks retreat as Alibaba’s scrapping of logistic unit IPO weighs on sentiment, yuan weakness eyed

Sentiment was also downbeat as the yen’s decline to a 34-year low sparked worries about a possible depreciation in the yuan to maintain China ... in the world’s biggest auto market which ... Read More

China Life Profit Falls as Market Rout Hurts Investments

China Life Insurance Co., the nation’s largest life insurer, said profit fell 31% last year as a stock market rout and lower bond yields hurt investment returns. Net income dropped to 46.2 ... Read More

Tesla stock slumps after startling China decision

Tesla is also facing a huge wave of competition in China, its biggest and most important market ... other companies in the world." That's led to what Bloomberg News has reported to be a trimming ... Read More

Putin to visit China in May

Beijing/Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China in May for talks with Xi Jinping, in what could be the Kremlin chief's first overseas trip of his new presidential term ... Read More

World News

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing. Read More