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Moody's cuts China's rating on debt fears
May 24, 2017 (AFP)
The move comes as China tries to clean up a toxic brew of unregulated and risky lending that for years has fuelled the economy's spectacular growth, though some...
China investigates senior banking regulator
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
Yang Jiacai, assistant chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, is "suspected of a severe disciplinary violation", the Central Commission for Discip...
Asia ministers in push for China-led free trade pact
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is poised to become the largest free trade agreement in the world, covering about half of its p...
India's IT industry body slams mass layoff reports
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
IT outsourcing has long been one of India's flagship industries but recent news reports have claimed that major companies, including Tech Mahindra and Wipro, ar...
Hong Kong firm pays $3bn in record land sale
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
The price tag -- which works out at around $1 million per square metre -- for the rare plot of land in Hong Kong's bustling Central district can partly be expla...
China's Xi seeks to rewrite global trade rules as US retreats
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
But not everyone is buying the rhetoric. Xi's plan was on display this week at an international summit in Beijing to promote his signature foreign policy, the O...
China decries protectionism, but Europeans rain on Silk Road parade
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Xi addressed almost 30 leaders on the second day of a forum on his new Silk Road plan, a huge infrastructure project intended to revive ancient land and sea tra...
China decries protectionism, but some raise concerns
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Xi addressed the leaders on the second day of the forum on his new Silk Road plan, a huge infrastructure project intended to revive ancient land and sea trade r...
China factory output slows in April as credit tightens
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
The data comes as China hosts an international summit showcasing its Silk Road plan, an ambitious infrastructure project it hopes will revive ancient trading ro...
US-China trade pact: a Trump triumph or rehashed news?
May 14, 2017 (AFP)
One thing is sure: the initial measures of the 100-day action plan launched in mid-April by China and the United States stand in stark contrast with the anti-Ch...
China hosts Silk Road summit in shadow of N.Korea missile
May 14, 2017 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping greeted leaders from 29 nations for the two-day summit in Beijing after US and South Korean military officials confirmed that Pyongyang had...
Red tape and taxes put brakes on 'Make In India' push
May 14, 2017 (AFP)
"We lack in technology and industry to make the smallest things, so we have to import," Ahuja said as he listed the frustrations entrepreneurs still encounter s...
Nepal signs up to China's new Silk Road plan
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
The long discussed deal between impoverished Nepal and its much bigger neighbour comes just days before China hosts a summit for 28 leaders near Beijing, showca...
China agrees to open market to US beef, gas
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
The deal was reached weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump launched a 100-day action plan on economic cooperation during their meeting at th...
Canadian leaders stress importance of U.S. trade
May 11, 2017 (UPI)
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne hosted Rachel Notley, her counterpart from oil-rich Alberta, to discuss trade relations with the United States with President Don...
China champions globalisation with new Silk Road summit
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
Leaders from 28 nations, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will attend the two-day meeting at Yanqi Lake, l...
China factory gate inflation slows as commodity prices drop
May 10, 2017 (AFP)
The reading follows a series of weak figures out of Beijing in recent months, including on trade and manufacturing, as the government tries to turn the country'...
Dollar extends gains as Fed hike speculation builds
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
Regional markets surged Monday, with Tokyo and Seoul leading the way, following centrist Emmanuel Macron's victory in France's presidential election and last we...
China's April exports rise but slow from March
May 08, 2017 (AFP)
Exports were up 8.0 percent year-on-year to $180 billion, while imports were up 11.9 percent at $142 billion. That pushed the trade surplus to $38 billion from ...
Sister of Trump senior adviser solicits Chinese investment
May 07, 2017 (AFP)
Nicole Kushner Meyer was in Beijing Saturday and in Shanghai Sunday, seeking more than $150 million in investment in a luxury apartment complex project in New J...
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