By Rae Wee and Koh Gui Qing SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Asia shares rose on Thursday, helped by a jump in their Chinese counterparts on Beijing's latest measures to shore up its crumbling stock market,

More than half of the American businesses in China, the highest level in five years, say they are concerned about a further deterioration in the bilateral relationship between the world's two largest economies,

By any measure, China’s EV growth has been extraordinary — more than half of new cars sold last year were electric. The global implications could be staggering.

Southeast Asia faces a critical turning point as Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to reshape the region’s role in global supply chains.

Overall, Trump’s second-term foreign policy, defense, and economic appointments suggest that security issues will dominate in Asia, despite his grumbling about trade imbalances. In addition, they suggest that his second administration will be even tougher toward China than his first, or than the Biden administration.

A trio of Chinese nationals in New Hampshire pleaded guilty to using stolen gift cards to buy Apple products to ship to East Asia.

Starting this year, 30 per cent of the annual insurance premium earned from new coverage policies will be put into yuan-denominated A shares, said Wu Qing.

Following his ordeal, China’s embassies in Thailand and Myanmar have warned their citizens to beware of recruitment scams, while the state-run China Daily published an opinion piece warning that lawlessness “could undermine the confidence of Chinese tourists in neighboring countries.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Gold discounts in India widened to six-month highs this week as a rise in domestic prices dampened demand and jewellers awaited the annual federal budget, while physical gold demand in China was solid ahead of the Lunar New Year festival.

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