** China ADRs fall in premarket trading, reflecting weakness
in home markets mired in concerns about COVID-19 curbs, high
inflation and worries over an inversion in 10-year spread
between domestic and U.S. yields .SS
** EV maker Nio NIO.N drops 8.4% after it suspends
production as China's measures to contain COVID-19 surge
disrupts operations at its suppliers urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N2W704S
** Other EV stocks Xpeng XPEV.N and Li Auto LI.O drop
6%-7%
** E-commerce players Alibaba BABA.N , JD.com JD.O and
Pinduoduo PDD.O down over 1%, while internet giant Baidu
BIDU.O down 1.1%
** Ride-hailing firm Didi DIDI.N off 2.4%, iShares China
Large-Cap ETF FXI.N down 2%
** However, gaming stocks like Bilibili BILI.O , Netease
Inc NTES.O , Huya HUYA.O and Douyu International Holdings
DOYU.O jump between 1.5% and 8%
** Chinese regulators awarded XD Inc 2400.HK a publishing
license for its title "Party Star" on April 8, a document seen
by Reuters showed, in one of its first approvals of a game since
July last year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nB9N2I302G
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar)
((sruthi.shankar@thomsonreuters.com;))