In Japan, investors took a cue from Wall Street's upward surge, while the mood was clearly more subdued in China.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 and Topix indices had risen by around 0.5 percent by lunchtime.
Wednesday's trading in Hong Kong, on the other hand, with the Hang Seng index shrinking by 0.5 percent.
In Shanghai and Shenzhen, indifference took hold, and the respective composite indices fluctuated around zero.
It was full speed ahead, on the other hand, in South Korea, whose Kospi index added 2 percent.
