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Asian markets grapple with Evergrande fallout, China power shortages

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was just slightly higher by mid-afternoon after trading in the red following a mixed session on Wall Street.

China energy crunch triggers alarm, pleas for ramping up coal imports

Cities such as Shenyang and Dalian - home to more than 13 million people - have been affected, with disruption at factories owned by suppliers to global companies like Apple and Tesla

Chinese mainland reports 13 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases

The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 13 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday

China's factories, households grapple with power cuts to meet targets

Power cuts to meet official energy use targets forced Chinese factories to shut down and left some households in the dark.

Cryptocurrency recovery suggests players want to move past China ban

Bitcoin rallied close to $44,000 Monday

China to reduce abortions as part of new guidelines for women

The State Council, the equivalent of a government cabinet, released comprehensive guidelines on Monday on women's development from 2021 to 2030

China vows further curbs on 'disorderly expansion' by tech firms

In recent times, China has launched a series of monopoly probes into internet companies

Bitcoin, Ether rally back to levels just before China crypto ban

Bitcoin rallied to about $44,000 as of 1:35 p.m. in Hong Kong

China's factories grapple with power cuts to meet energy use targets

Global shoppers face possible shortages of smartphones and other goods ahead of Christmas

Cryptocurrency exchanges scramble to drop Chinese users after Beijing's ban

Shares in a range of Chinese crypto-related firms plunged on the ban

Crypto exchanges rush to cut ties with Chinese users after fresh crackdown

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency exchanges and providers of crypto services are scrambling to sever business ties with mainland Chinese clients, after Beijing last Friday issued a blanket ban on all crypto trading and mining.

China could be heading for power supply crisis after Evergrande shock

Almost half of China's regions missed Beijing's energy consumption targets and are now under pressure to curb power use.

New limits give Chinese e-gamers whiplash. Again

Complex relationship: A major source of entertainment in the country, games offer a social outlet and an easily accessible hobby. Yet, state media has called games "poison" and "spiritual pollution"

China steps up funding oversight of Evergrande property projects

Special accounts set up to oversee, review fund use of debt-laden firm

Crypto exchange Huobi to clean up existing mainland clients by end-2021

Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global said it had stopped taking new mainland customers from Friday and would end contracts with mainland clients by the end of year

China's Xinjiang crackdown 'reaps' millions of dollars in assets for state

Chinese authorities have seized and sold tens of millions of dollars in assets owned by jailed Uyghur business owners at auction amid government campaign in country's Xinjiang region, said a report.

China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians

Chinese state media welcomed telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to the "motherland" on Saturday

Crypto exchange stops taking China users as Beijing widens ban

China's latest pronouncement is the culmination of years of attempted crackdown on the rise of Bitcoin and its peers

Evergrande's EV unit admits there's no certainty it can pay debt

The EV unit is a relatively small part of Evergrande's sprawling empire, but is primarily reliant on residential apartment sales.

China's troubled HNA group says Chairman, CEO detained by police

Chairman Chen Feng and CEO Tan Xiangdong were detained by police in the southern province of Hainan over suspected crimes, the company said in a statement late Friday, without providing details