Legal experts claim company which spied on its 'lazy' employees while they used the bathroom may have breached China's laws A Chinese company which sent staff to photograph its employees using the toilet and posted the photos of the act to warn against using the bathroom for too long has sparked an online backlash and legal concerns.

More than three years into China’s housing crisis, there is still no sign of its ending. Now, as private and locally-owned developers keep faltering, the sector is becoming more state-dominated. That marks a stunning reversal for an industry that has been a poster child for China’s economic development.

DBS Group on Monday said it acquired an additional stake in Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank for 1.60 billion yuan ($220.37 million), bringing its total stake in the Chinese lender to 19.40%.

Experts say “evolving social dynamics” are reshaping traditional customs as younger generations choose new ways to spend Chinese New Year.

DeepSeek’s A.I. models show that China is making rapid gains in the field, despite American efforts to hinder it.

It was a quiet night as DeepSeek was by far the topic du jour in the region, though Mainland China (closed until next Wednesday), Indonesia (closed until Thursday), Malaysia (closed until Friday), and Taiwan (closed until next Monday) were closed for Chinese New Year while South Korea is closed until Friday for Korean New Year.

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy, in a case that sparked concern among Japanese expats living in China. The sentence for the knife attack in the southern city of Shenzhen in September was handed down on Friday, according to Japanese media reports.

China has taken a huge leap forward with DeepSeek and Large Language Models. It is a technology that is surprisingly applicable to drone warfare.

Chinese officials are taking steps to stabilize operations at China Vanke Co. after deepening liquidity stress and questions surrounding the whereabouts of its top executive triggered turmoil for its bonds and shares last week,

The Japanese Foreign Ministry says a court in China on Friday handed down the death penalty to a man tried for killing a Japanese boy.

Ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, Shenzhen exporters faced a logistical challenge at the Yantian Port amid a major congestion.

In response, China pulled the WTA Tour Finals contract. The organization signed a three-year deal to host the event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in spring 2024, and two years after the end of the boycott, Shenzhen will now host women’s tennis again.