Category: China
China urges Vatican to cut Taiwan ties
Pope Francis’ inauguration on Tuesday has given Taiwan’s president an unprecedented opportunity to visit Europe in his capacity as head of state, prompting a call [...]
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China widens door to foreign investors
Amid all the talk of renminbi internationalisation, one question has long bugged offshore investors: what to do with the Chinese currency? China’s strict controls on [...]
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Lego plans first China factory as Asian sales leap
Lego is building its first factory in China as part of a plan to move production closer to Asia, its fastest growing market. The Danish maker of colorful plastic building [...]
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Microsoft backs review of foreign bribery allegations
Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that allegations of potential bribery by employees in China, Romania and Italy should be reviewed by U.S. agencies and its own compliance unit, [...]
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Fake bureaucrat takes China authorities for ride
Authorities in China are hunting a man who posed as a high-ranking government official and took part in all-expenses-paid junkets for years despite not holding the post, [...]
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Bank of China chair resigns
Bank of China chair Xiao Gang resigned from his post after he was chosen to head China’s top securities regulator, reports said late Sunday. Xiao was named the head of [...]
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China money rate drops to one-week low as inflows seen rising
China’s money-market rate dropped to the lowest level in more than a week on speculation higher overseas investments will boost cash in the financial system. Foreign [...]
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New China leader Xi to meet Lew to discuss cyber row, trade
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew met new Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday at a critical time in relations between the world’s two largest economies, with cyber [...]
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China cites risk of new tension as US bolsters missile defenses
China said Monday that the United States’ decision to strengthen antimissile defenses in response to threats from North Korea risked deepening regional tensions, [...]
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China’s foreign investment gains for first time in nine months
China’s foreign direct investment rose for the first time in nine months in February, a sign confidence in the world’s second-biggest economy is improving amid [...]
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China’s Suntech Power in $541m debt default
China’s Suntech Power Holdings, the world’s biggest solar panel maker, has defaulted on its debt. The firm said it had failed to repay $541m (GBP 360m) worth of [...]
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China’s housing prices rise further
New-home prices in China rose sharply in February from January, prompting speculation that Beijing will crack down further on property speculation. The price increases follow [...]
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China pours cash into melting Arctic in bid to win influence
At face value, it is not one of the world’s most important relationships. When Norway and China fell out two years ago over a Nobel prize awarded to a Chinese [...]
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China seen cancelling subsidy for largest solar projects: Energy
China, forecast to become the largest solar-power market this year, may abolish subsidy programmes for some of its largest projects and target the money instead to smaller [...]
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China’s largest mass merchant turns to its own brands for growth
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd (6808), China’s largest operator of big-box stores, will boost its own brand offerings and add higher-margin items to increase sales after [...]
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