Top leaders and experts in China gather every summer at the seaside resort of Beidaihe. Mao Zedong started the summer retreat tradition of meetings as early as 1953.

Asian equities were largely higher overnight as Taiwan outperformed and Mainland China underperformed. Summer doldrums might be setting in as volumes were thin, leading to more volatility on very ...

India and China’s poorly defined Himalayan border has fueled decades of tension between the neighboring countries.