Category: China
China exits slowdown as quarterly growth tops forecasts
China’s economic growth accelerated for the first time in two years as government efforts to revive demand drove a rebound in industrial output, retail sales and the [...]
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China’s economy posts slowest growth since 1999
China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, though a end of the year spurt supported by infrastructure spending and a jump in trade signaled the [...]
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China media seize on Japan ex-PM’s memorial visit
China’s state-run media on Friday seized on an apology by former Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama during a visit to a wartime atrocity memorial, amid tense [...]
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Apple launches installment plans in China to better compete against cheap Android phones
Apple is pioneering in-store zero-interest installment schemes for its products in China, in an effort to better compete against cheaper offerings from other brands and [...]
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China annual growth hits 13-year low
China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, the government said Friday, but an uptick in the final quarter pointed to better news ahead for a prime [...]
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China working age population falls
China’s working-age population declined for the first time in recent decades in 2012, the government said Friday, detailing the extent of a demographic time bomb [...]
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Foreign brands tread new paths in China
Daimler is to peddle its Smart cars through the Chinese equivalent of Twitter while Apple will sell iPhones on an instalment plan: both signs that foreign retailers in China [...]
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China FA boss resigns amid ‘contract row’
The head of China’s football ruling body quit Thursday, state media said, plunging the sport into new controversy with reports his exit was linked to a row over the [...]
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China Mining Corporation to list in HK this month
China’s Chinalco Mining Corporation said Thursday it hopes to raise up to $435 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering this month, the city’s first major [...]
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China media train fire on US food giants over chicken scare
Just weeks after Chinese authorities cleared Yum Brands Inc and McDonald’s Corp of charges they had served chicken laced with excessive chemicals, local media are again [...]
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China dominates rising investment in protecting water supply
The annual global investment in forests, wetlands and other ecosystems that help keep human water supplies clean jumped by a third over four years to more than $8 billion, [...]
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China December home prices rise in most cities since April 2011
China’s new home prices rose in December in the most cities in 20 months, renewing concerns that the government may issue new tightening measures. Prices climbed in 54 [...]
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Stryker offers to buy China Spine-Products maker
Stryker Corp. SYK +2.00 percent offered to pay $764 million in cash for the spine-products maker Trauson Holdings Co. 0325.HK +40.50 percent – and a foothold in the [...]
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China said to have bought 250000 tonnes of sugar as price falls
China, the second-biggest sugar consumer, bought 250,000 metric tonnes of the sweetener as a 23 percent decline in prices in the past year has made imports more attractive, [...]
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Alibaba Plans to List in Hong Kong, Source Says
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group intends to go public in Hong Kong, a source close to the matter says. The plans for the company’s IPO are in their infancy, the [...]
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