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Tokyo: Naomi Osaka's season appears to be over after she said she will not play at next month's Billie Jean King Cup finals because of injury. The four-time Grand Slam singles champion said in Tokyo on Sunday that she had ruptured abdominal muscles. «I thought I strained my back, but I did an MRI in Beijing and they said that I bulged a disc in my back and I also ruptured abdominal muscles,» Japan's Kyodo News agency reported the 27-year-old as saying.

A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding a federal investigation into the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey over its work with the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises

China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), turning the heat on non-transparent subsidies that lead to an influx of low-priced, poor-quality goods into the country, harming its local industries. New Delhi flagged concerns over several trade issues during a review of Beijing's trade policies. It highlighted China's cross-border data regulations and laws, export control measures on critical raw materials, and non-tariff barriers that adversely impact pharma exports, besides export bans on critical minerals.

These mark the first US sanctions on Chinese entities «directly developing and producing complete weapons systems in partnership with Russian firms,» the US Treasury Department said. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller added: «this was the first time we actually saw a Chinese company manufacturing a weapon itself that then was used on the battlefield by Russia.»

One example is 27-year-old PhD student Jane Xue, who decided to send her two-year-old Samoyed, OK, to work at a dog cafe in Fuzhou. For Xue, it’s a win-win situation. “It’s just like sending a child to school,” she told CNN. «OK gets to play with other dogs and won’t feel lonely, and we save on the cost of running the air conditioning all day.» Xue and her partner, who are often out on weekends, found the cafe job a perfect way for OK to socialize.

World shares are higher after China's central bank released plans for supporting stock markets through share repurchases

China has reported that its economy expanded at a slower-than-expected rate of 4.6% in the July-September quarter

Authorities have since last month unveiled a raft of measures to kickstart sluggish consumption and address a prolonged and debilitating debt crisis in the country's colossal property sector. After a blistering market rally fuelled by hopes for a long-awaited «bazooka stimulus», optimism has tapered as authorities refrained from providing a specific figure for the bailout or detailing any of the pledges.

China has announced it will expand the amount of financing available for housing projects on a “white list” to 4 trillion yuan ($562 billion), seeking to reverse a slump in the property industry

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after U.S. stocks rose following better-than-expected profit reports from Morgan Stanley, United Airlines and other big companies

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As Beijing dispatched its military Monday in a show of force that encircled Taiwan, China’s coast guard posted a map showing its ships ringing the island in a heart-shaped formation, describing it as “an act of love." To Taiwan, the social-media message was just one piece of China’s multifaceted campaign to intimidate, isolate and influence the people and leaders of the island democracy to give up their commitment to self-rule. Alongside its most high-profile tactic—sending a message of military dominance—China is employing what Taiwan says is an expanding army of hackers, diplomats, prosecutors and celebrities in its effort to persuade Taiwan to submit to Beijing.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. election and war in the Middle East are dominating the headlines, but don’t sleep on events in the Pacific.

Kamala Harris that the ally will share resources from black businesses with the Chinese Communist Party. This revelation has raised concern regarding the extent of foreign influence in American businesses and political circles, according to a report.

Leaders and top officials from an international group founded to counter Western alliances have met in Pakistan’s capital, with Moscow and Beijing announcing they will boost cooperation

Hong Kong’s leader has announced a cut in liquor taxes as the Asian financial hub hopes to revive its reputation as a travel destination with a vibrant nightlife and dining scene

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Louis Vuitton’s owner seems surprised at how quickly Chinese consumers have closed their wallets and abandoned its brands. It has no obvious place to turn to next for growth.

According to the Bank of America's October Global Fund Manager survey, nearly half (47%) of investors had pointed to EM equities as the biggest winner from Beijing's stimulus announcement, followed by commodities (41%). Meanwhile, government bonds (41%) and Japanese equities (33%) are seen as the biggest losers on the back of the plans, according to the survey.  Chinese equities surge on the back of biggest stimulus package in years The People's Bank of China unveiled a set of monetary stimulus measures in late September designed to inject confidence in the country's struggling eco...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The stimulus unleashed by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) last month was a tough act to follow. When it was the turn of the finance ministry to describe its role in boosting China’s subpar expansion, investors fretted about the absence of fireworks and demanded something more.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Alibaba and search-engine giant Baidu are investing in a nearly $700 million equity offering by a Chinese smart-driving firm, indicating rising demand for assets in the rapidly growing market for autonomous driving. Horizon Robotics, which is planning to raise as much as 5.41 billion Hong Kong dollars through an initial public offering, equivalent to $696.6 million, will begin taking orders from institutional investors starting Wednesday, it said in a filing.

BEIJING — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's international arm on Wednesday launched an updated version of its artificial intelligence-powered translation tool that, it says, is better than products offered by Google, DeepL and ChatGPT.

China’s export growth unexpectedly slowed in September, curbing a trade rebound that has been a bright spot for a weakening economy that policymakers are relying on manufacturing to power. Exports climbed just 2.4% in dollar terms from a year earlier to almost $304 billion, the lowest level since May, the customs administration said Monday. Shipments to key markets including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all fell, while exports to the European Union and the US marked their slowest rise in at least four months as politicians ramped up tariffs. Russian purchases of Chinese goods soared to a record $11 billion, as Beijing continues to shield Moscow from economic isolation after Western companies producing everything from cars to phones quit President Vladimir Putin’s nation due to sanctions to punish his military aggression.