China
Get ready for lower Chinese growth
If China was the biggest beneficiary of excess US consumption growth, it may also be the biggest victim of a rising US savings rate, writes
Chinese authorities detain civil rights activist
Xu Zhiyong, a legal scholar and organiser of a legal help group shut down earlier this month, was taken away by police from his residential ...
Beijing's dollar trap
Fears over the value of China's dollar holdings have prompted moves to internationalise the currency ...
China bows to activist pressure over refinery
China has taken the unusual step of moving a $5bn refinery and petrochemical plant, one of the country's biggest foreign investment projects, after a public ...
Crude leads commodities recovery
European oil prices wiped out the previous session's losses and regained the $70 a barrel mark ...
Overview: Earnings figures fuel a surge of optimism
Equities worldwide powered to 2009 highs as positive results helped offset concerns about potential asset bubbles in China ...
China vows 'reasonable' result in iron ore talks
Beijing's top steel negotiator is to keep pressing for a 'reasonable' outcome in annual iron ore price discussions as it urges local mills to put ...
A cautionary tale from China
In a country where local allegiances and networks take precedence over the rule of law, one company's experience highlights the potential pitfalls of doing business ...
China warns banks over asset bubbles
Chinese regulators ordered banks to ensure unprecedented volumes of new loans are channelled into the real economy and not diverted into equity or real estate ...
Chinese official calls for power scrutiny
A Chinese mayor has called for greater media and public scrutiny of government corruption, in a rare official acknowledgement of a growing scandal in southern ...
