Hong Kong stocks rebounded Thursday, while mainland China shares also rose after languishing near five-year lows.
The CSI 300 index rebounded to gain 1.41% and ended at 3,274.73, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index climbed 0.89%.
It comes a day after data showed China's economy expanded by 5.2% in the fourth quarter of 2023, missing Reuters poll estimates of 5.3% growth.
In Singapore, Transport Minister S Iswaran has resigned and faces 27 charges including for corruption, following months of investigations by the country's anti-graft agency.
Australian markets extended their losses to a fifth straight day, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 0.63% and closing at 7,346.5.
Japan's Nikkei 225 slipped marginally to 35,466.17, while the Topix was down 0.17%, ending at 2,492.09.
South Korea's Kospi rallied late to gain 0.17% and rebound to 2,440.04, while the small-cap Kosdaq closed 0.87% up at 840.33.
Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes fell, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average recording a third straight day of losses.
The 30-stock Dow declined 0.25%, while the S&P 500 slid 0.56% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.59%.
Retail sales data for December came in stronger than expected, indicating a resilient consumer demand and putting aggressive rate cuts from the Federal Reserve into doubt.
Retail sales were up 0.6% from November, and gained 0.4% month over month, excluding autos. Economists polled by Dow Jones had estimated a 0.4% month-on-month increase in retail sales and 0.2% ex-autos.
— CNBC's Hakyung Kim and Samantha Subin contributed to this report