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Apple says will pay $38 bn in taxes on repatriated profits
Jan 18, 2018 (AFP)
The iPhone maker said in a statement it plans to use some of its foreign cash stockpile, which qualifies for reduced tax rates under a recent bill, to invest in...
China economy rebounds in 2017 with 6.9% growth
Jan 18, 2018 (AFP)
The world's number two economy eclipsed the official target of about 6.5 percent and picked up pace from the 6.7 percent growth seen in 2016, which was the slow...
Bangladesh blacklists Chinese firm over alleged bribe
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
The state-backed China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) was in negotiations with the Bangladesh government to expand a major highway from the capital Dhaka to...
Juncker says would like Britain to rejoin EU after Brexit
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
Juncker's comment about possible re-accession comes a day after European Council President Donald Tusk said that the bloc's "hearts were still open" if Britain ...
China to step up cryptocurrency crackdown
Jan 17, 2018 (AFP)
China will gradually clean up over-the-counter trading platforms, peer-to-peer networks where large exchanges occur and firms registered in the country which al...
Trump tells Xi US trade deficit with China 'not sustainable': W.House
Jan 16, 2018 (AFP)
In telephone talks, Trump "expressed disappointment that the United States' trade deficit with China has continued to grow," the White House said in a statement...
China economy beat expectations in 2017: AFP survey
Jan 16, 2018 (AFP)
The world's second largest economy expanded 6.8 percent in 2017, much better than the official target of around 6.5 percent, according to the poll of 11 financi...
Canada hopes G7 summit serves as springboard for new ideas
Jan 13, 2018 (AFP)
"The G7 serves well as a proving or testing ground for discussions that could eventually go into the G20 or the United Nations or international financial instit...
China's US surplus jumps as trade with world picks up
Jan 12, 2018 (AFP)
The increase came despite a tumble in China's global surplus as domestic demand spurred a rally in imports. The figures on Friday showed the difference between ...
China's global trade surplus falls, but grows with US
Jan 12, 2018 (AFP)
Exports expanded 7.9 percent while imports soared 15.9 percent for the year, according to the General Administration of Customs. But even as China's trade surpl...
China factory gate inflation slows to 13-month low
Jan 10, 2018 (AFP)
The producer price index (PPI) -- an important barometer of the industrial sector which measures the cost of goods at the factory gate -- rose 4.9 percent year-...
France signs deals with China but warns against 'pillaging'
Jan 09, 2018 (AFP)
The two sides signed deals in the nuclear, aviation and other key sectors on the second day of Macron's first state visit to China. Macron and Xi also vowed to ...
Macron bets on horse diplomacy in China
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
The animal, a retired Republican Guard horse named Vesuve de Brekka, is in quarantine in China. But Macron was set to show a photo of it to Xi when they met on ...
Macron begins China state visit at Silk Road gateway
Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)
Along with his wife Brigitte, Macron visited the famous terracotta warriors in the northern city of Xian, a centuries-old Big Wild Goose Pagoda -- a Buddhist si...
Europe casts a wary eye on China's Silk Road plans
Jan 07, 2018 (AFP)
Since China launched the New Silk Road plan in 2013, the hugely ambitious initiative to connect Asia and Europe by road, rail and sea has elicited both enormous...
Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investment
Jan 03, 2018 (AFP)
Both public and private sector enterprises may use the yuan for bilateral trade and investment, the central State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement issued Tu...
China's Ant Financial drops MoneyGram deal as US approval fails
Jan 03, 2018 (AFP)
The decision by the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) will deal a blow to Alibaba boss Jack Ma's push into the world's biggest financial market and follow...
China factory activity accelerated in December: Caixin
Jan 02, 2018 (AFP)
The Caixin Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) -- an indicator of conditions at small manufacturers -- rose to 51.5 in December, up from 50.8 in November and the hi...
China manufacturing activity slows in December
Dec 31, 2017 (AFP)
The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a gauge of factory conditions, stood at 51.6 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, comp...
China tightens rules on oversea cash withdrawals
Dec 30, 2017 (AFP)
The annual limit will be set at 100,000 yuan ($15,355) per person from Monday -- no matter how many cards a person has. Currently, there is an annual ATM cap of...
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