Chinese stocks recovered from an earlier slip to finish the trading day higher on Monday, following the release of GDP data that showed the Chinese economy growing at its slowest pace in at least 27 years.

The Shanghai composite added 0.4% to 2,942.19, while the Shenzhen component rose 1.04% to 9,309.42. The Shenzhen composite also gained 1% to 1,572.34.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index added 0.22%, as of its final hour of trading, with the city still stuck in turmoil surrounding a controversial extradition bill. Meanwhile, the Budweiser initial public offering in Hong Kong, which was set to be the world's biggest listing of 2019, was canceled by parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi ended the trading day in Seoul 0.2% lower at 2,082.48.

Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.65% to close at 6,653.00 as most sectors slipped. Shares of wealth manager AMP plunged 15.81% after the company said it was "highly unlikely to proceed" with the sale of its life insurance and wealth protection business.

overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index rose 0.28%.

Markets in Japan were closed on Monday for a holiday.