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China 2016 growth slides to 26-year low: AFP poll

Jan 18, 2017 (AFP)

China's growth slipped to its slowest rate in more than a quarter of a century in 2016, an AFP survey has forecast, as analysts see mounting risks for the world...

Distraught Davos finds globalisation saviour in China's Xi

Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)

With Donald Trump about to get the keys to the White House and the political winds blowing a populist gale through Europe, the world's elite have been in need o...

Davos: China's Xi says no one will win trade war

Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping presented himself as a champion of globalisation Tuesday, lecturing the world elite in Davos on the dangers of protectionism and th...

Made to order at N. Korea's blacklisted art factory

Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)

"That was a personal commission," says renowned North Korean sculptor Ro Ik-Hwa, pointing to a bust of A.Q. Khan, the Pakistani scientist denounced by the US as...

Pound tanks on Brexit fear as Asia markets retreat

Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)

The pound struggled at 32-year lows against the dollar in Asia on Monday after reports said British Prime Minister Theresa May was ready to take the country out...

Chinese leader meets Davos elite as voters revolt

Jan 14, 2017 (AFP)

China's president will preach the advent of a new world order in Davos next week before the high priests of globalisation, who are facing an uprising from voter...

Seagate to cut more than 2,000 China jobs: reports

Jan 14, 2017 (AFP)

US hard-disk drive manufacturer Seagate Technology will lay off more than 2,000 Chinese workers as it shutters a factory in eastern China, reports said Saturday...

China's Vanke strengthens hand against takeover bid

Jan 13, 2017 (AFP)

Shares in China's biggest property firm Vanke surged Friday after it announced a stock-holding shift that could end a bid by private conglomerate Baoneng to pul...

China makes awkward free trade champion

Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)

As the biggest beneficiary of globalisation, China stands ready to proclaim itself the champion of free trade in the face of a more protectionist US, but analys...

US hits China with WTO complaint over aluminum

Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)

In its final days, the Obama administration on Thursday filed a trade complaint against China for using "artificially cheap" loans and raw materials to boost it...

Amazon to deliver 100,000 new US jobs

Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)

Amazon on Thursday unveiled plans to create 100,000 US jobs over the next 18 months, as President-elect Donald Trump presses the business world to boost activit...

Bitcoin plunges as China investigates exchanges

Jan 12, 2017 (AFP)

Bitcoin prices plummeted after China's central bank announced it was investigating exchange platforms trading in the virtual currency. The People's Bank of Chin...

Ma's million jobs pledge more PR than promise: analysts

Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)

Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Donald Trump made headlines with the Chinese entrepreneur's attention-grabbing pledge to create one million US jobs, but analysts sa...

Trump's China trademarks risk constitutional crisis: experts

Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)

US President-elect Donald Trump has at least 45 trademark applications pending in China, AFP has learned, each of which could potentially violate the American c...

HSBC mulls moving business ahead of Brexit

Jan 10, 2017 (AFP)

HSBC chairman Douglas Flint on Tuesday warned that the banking titan could move activities from London to continental Europe ahead of Brexit. Britain is due to ...

Chinese president to headline Davos meet: WEF

Jan 10, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to be the star attraction at this year's Davos forum, taking place next week at a time of rising populism and uncertain...

China factory-gate inflation hits 5.5% in December

Jan 10, 2017 (AFP)

China's producer prices rose at their swiftest pace in more than five years in December, the government said Tuesday, in a positive sign of strengthening demand...

McDonald's sells China operations for $2.08 bn

Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)

US fast-food giant McDonald's will sell a controlling stake in its China and Hong Kong business for up to $2.08 billion to a consortium including state-owned Ci...

Obama administration defends handling of China trade

Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)

In its final report before handing the reins over to President-elect Donald Trump, the Obama administration defended its handling of China trade disputes and it...

Trump, China's Ma hold 'great' meeting on jobs

Jan 09, 2017 (AFP)

President-elect Donald Trump and China's billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba held "great" talks in New York on Monday focused on creating US jobs an...