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Tragedy in Guizhou province became a lightning rod for social media criticism of zero-Covid policy before posts were shut downAnger has flared among social media users in China after 27 people died when a bus carrying them to a Covid-19 quarantine faci…
Foreign minister urges countries and IMF to help stricken country after climate change minister speaks of climate ‘catastrophe’Pakistan’s government has appealed for international help to tackle a flooding emergency that has killed more than 1,000 peop…
NDTV, one of the media groups willing to criticise Narendra Modi’s government, faces hostile takeover by country’s richest manIndia richest man, Gautam Adani, has launched a hostile takeover of the country’s popular NDTV television network in a deal th…
Toll expected to rise after deadliest quake in two decades strikes during night near Khost, 95 miles south of KabulA powerful earthquake in a remote area of Afghanistan’s Paktika province has killed at least 1,000 people and injured at least 1,500, wit…
Stoppage by drivers is preventing the flow of key components in the tech industry and could add to global supply chain problemsA week-long strike by truck drivers in South Korea threatens to be the latest bottleneck in the global supply chain after ind…
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Plans to shore up real estate and tech sectors welcomed by investors, but downgrade of third-biggest developer Sunac shows problems persistChinese property shares have soared for a second day thanks to a decision by Beijing’s leadership to throw the co…
Bureau opening cases on Chinese intelligence operations every 12 hours, says Christopher Wray, as George Soros calls Xi Jinping the ‘greatest threat’ to open societyThe threat to the west from the Chinese government is “more brazen, more damaging” than…
Downgrade by Fitch reflects jitters in markets as boss of Asia-focused bank HSBC says problems ‘concerning’Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded its forecast for China’s economic growth because of concerns about a slowdown in the country’s colossal housi…
Shares in Hong Kong-listed firm slump 10% and bond trade suspended amid fears for shaky Chinese real estate marketShares in the embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande have slumped again after two credit downgrades in as many days amid concerns tha…
After 12 die in one of the bloodiest days since the military takeover, UN expert says junta’s crackdown amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’ The British government has urged its citizens to flee Myanmar after one of the bloodiest days since February’s …
Bank also reaffirms greater shift towards Asia-Pacific, where most of its earnings come fromHSBC is to reduce its office space around the world by nearly 40% as part of sweeping cost cutting designed to capitalise on new part-office-part-homeworking ar…
Germany says infectious variant has been present since November; Spain sets up Covid vaccine registerSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has found six cases of a more infectious variant of the coronavirus in people arriving from Britain, while South …
Antibodies found in more than 23% of Indian capital’s residents; Trump admits virus getting worse; Victoria reports record Australian daily tallyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAlmost a quarter of people in the Indian capita…
WHO bows to pressure from scientists about risk from aerosol transmission; Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive; Israel health chief resignsCoronavirus latest updatesUS still ‘knee-deep’ in pandemic says FauciBrazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tests posit…