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Chinese bank profits rise, but so do bad loans
Apr 30, 2019 (AFP)
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) -- the world's largest bank by assets and several other yardsticks -- posted a net profit of 82.0 billion yuan in t...
China police smash $30m fake Lego ring
Apr 27, 2019 (AFP)
Police earlier this week raided the premises of Lepin -- a Chinese toymaker manufacturing Lego knockoffs in the southern city of Shenzhen -- arresting four peop...
Xi says more nations joining Belt and Road, $64bn in deals
Apr 27, 2019 (AFP)
Xi and 37 world leaders wrapped up a three-day forum in Beijing with pledges to ensure that projects on the new Silk Road are green and financially sustainable ...
Xi asks for 'fair and friendly' treatment for Chinese
Apr 26, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing and Washington have been locked in a bruising trade war -- which negotiators have been working to resolve -- but there has also been a growing strategic...
China's Xi aims to soothe Belt and Road fears
Apr 26, 2019 (AFP)
Xi made his remarks at a summit on his signature foreign policy, which aims to reinvent the ancient Silk Road to connect Asia to Europe and Africa through massi...
Xi says will abolish anti-competitive subsidies to Chinese firms
Apr 26, 2019 (AFP)
Xi repeated past promises to lower tariffs, increase imports and open up more sectors of China's economy to foreign businesses. The pledge comes as top US negot...
FBI director lashes China over economic espionage
Apr 26, 2019 (AFP)
Wray, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, said China poses a "multi-layered" threat to US interests. "Economic espionage dominates...
Top US officials heading to Beijing for trade talks: White House
Apr 24, 2019 (AFP)
"United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin will travel to Beijing for continued negotiations on the trad...
Divided Europe faces China Belt and Road test
Apr 24, 2019 (AFP)
The list of European leaders attending the showcase for China's global influence -- held Thursday through Saturday -- is dominated by eurosceptics and populists...
Caterpillar has Q1 bump in sales, revenues; decline in China seen
Apr 24, 2019 (AFP)
However, the company, a Dow member and bellwether for the global economy, faces declining market share in China as competitors lower their prices, a top executi...
China wins Belt and Road fans but criticism persists
Apr 23, 2019 (AFP)
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) envisages massive investments in maritime, road and rail projects across 65 countries from Asia to Europe and Africa that col...
Luckin Coffee, Starbucks rival in China, files for US IPO
Apr 23, 2019 (AFP)
Luckin estimated its offering size at $100 million in its Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission but noted the figure was only set to calc...
Thai Navy to remove bitcoin-rich couple's sea home
Apr 20, 2019 (AFP)
Chad Elwartowski and his Thai girlfriend Supranee Thepdet, known as "Bitcoin Girl Thailand", are facing charges of threatening the kingdom's independence after ...
Malaysia revives massive China-backed project
Apr 19, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement came after the countries agreed this month to resume work on a previously suspended railway project in Malaysia, and is the latest sign of impr...
WTO largely sides with US in dispute over China grain import tariffs
Apr 18, 2019 (AFP)
The WTO decision was the second in as many months to favor Washington's position on trade with China in grain. Back in December 2016, Washington filed a complai...
China says US trade agreement not yet settled
Apr 18, 2019 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday held out hope the current trade talks with China will be a success, and said an announcement on the status was due "short...
Amazon to pull plug on China retail operations: report
Apr 18, 2019 (AFP)
The US e-commerce pioneer will maintain other operations in China such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kindle e-books and cross-border teams that help ship goods ...
US firms in China frustrated, business lobby says
Apr 17, 2019 (AFP)
US businesses have traditionally held together the US-China relationship amid rough spots in bilateral relations, but the American Chamber of Commerce in China ...
Trump says US, China trade talks to be 'successful'
Apr 17, 2019 (AFP)
The president's remarks followed a report by The Wall Street Journal saying US and Chinese officials are tentatively working toward signing ceremony for a new t...
China growth beats forecasts as economy shows signs of stability
Apr 17, 2019 (AFP)
The 6.4 percent reading was the latest in a string of figures indicating the world's number-two economy and key driver of global growth is stabilising after dec...
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