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Tech billionaire buys Sydney mansion for record price
May 01, 2017 (AFP)
The co-founder of Australian software giant Atlassian, which floated in the United States in late 2015, snapped up the iconic "Elaine" from John Brehmer Fairfax...
China targets debt risks, but does it mean business?
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
Analysts don't think so. China's addiction to debt-fuelled growth powers the steady economic expansion that the ruling Communist Party craves, and it won't go c...
Trump targets aluminum in week of trade tensions
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
The industry is "critical" to the defense industry," Trump said at the White House. "We can't afford to become dependent on foreign nations for the aluminum tha...
Canada's Trudeau says will stand up to Trump on trade
Apr 25, 2017 (AFP)
"I'm polite, but I'm also very firm in defending Canada's interests," Trudeau said in an interview with broadcaster CTV. After targeting Canadian lumber Monday,...
Israel signs deal to bring in 6,000 Chinese labourers
Apr 23, 2017 (AFP)
However, Israeli media reports said Israel had acceded to Chinese demands that the labourers not work in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israeli o...
Police block farmers' protest against planned Nicaragua canal
Apr 23, 2017 (AFP)
"They are closing off all the roads. It's pitiful what's happening in Nicaragua," said one of the leaders of the demonstration, Francisca Ramirez. Police preven...
Trump invokes national security to probe US steel imports
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
"Steel is critical to both our economy and our military. This is not an area where we can afford to become dependent on foreign countries," he said after signin...
Japan's exports jump in March
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
The strong result, which came in better than expected, backs up the view that Japan's economic growth is picking up steam. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
IMF raises China growth forecast to 6.6% this year, 6.2% in 2018
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
The IMF's forecast for 2017 was 6.6 per cent, compared to a 6.5 percent estimate in January, and 6.2 percent next year compared to 6.0 percent. "The upward revi...
Trump seeks headway on 'Buy American, Hire American' pledge
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking in Kenosha, Wisconsin -- one of the states that carried him to his upset victory last November -- Trump vowed: "We're going to do everything in our pow...
Tears and cheers greet China's new economic zone
Apr 16, 2017 (AFP)
Hu's family run-clothing factory in the northern province of Hebei could close at the expense of a new special economic zone similar to those in Shanghai and Sh...
US: China, Germany must do more to cut trade surpluses
Apr 14, 2017 (AFP)
The decision was expected after President Donald Trump this week reversed himself and said China was not a currency manipulator. And although the administration...
China's Q1 growth stabilises at 6.8%: AFP poll
Apr 13, 2017 (AFP)
According to an AFP survey of 16 economic analysts, the gross domestic product expanded 6.8 percent in the first three months of this year -- the same level of ...
China producer prices jump in March as demand goes up
Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)
The producer price index (PPI) rose 7.6 percent year-on-year in March, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, slightly beating economists' expectations...
China economic outlook brightens as trade up, tensions down
Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)
The new figures, released Thursday, boost hopes that the world's number two economy is getting back on track after a recent slowdown -- it grew last year at its...
Trump says China is not manipulating currency
Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump appeared to lay to rest a simmering issue that threatened to erode relations with Beijing, just days after h...
China producer prices jump 7.6% in March: govt
Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)
The producer price index (PPI) rose 7.6 percent year-on-year in March, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, slightly beating economists' expectations...
Leading electronic fest Ultra expands to China, India
Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)
Leading electronic music festival Ultra announced an expansion Monday to China and India, sensing a bright future for the booming genre in the world's two most ...
Chile, China start talks to expand trade deal
Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)
The Chilean government said officials in Beijing had started discussing expanding an existing bilateral trade agreement to include areas such as e-commerce and ...
First 'Silk Road' train from Britain leaves for China
Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)
The 32-container train, around 600 metres (656 yards) long, left the vast London Gateway container port laden with whisky, soft drinks and baby products, bound ...
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