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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

China's Alibaba sues vendors over selling counterfeits

Jan 05, 2017 (AFP)

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has filed a lawsuit against two vendors for allegedly selling counterfeit goods, it said, weeks after the US put its main platf...

Israel says China to send thousands of construction workers

Jan 04, 2017 (AFP)

China has agreed for thousands of migrant construction labourers to work in Israel in a bid to alleviate a housing crisis in the Jewish state, the Israeli gover...

China manufacturing accelerates at fastest for 4 years: survey

Jan 03, 2017 (AFP)

China's manufacturing activity expanded at its quickest pace in nearly four years in December, an independent research firm said on Tuesday, in a sign of improv...

China manufacturing growth slows

Jan 01, 2017 (AFP)

Manufacturing activity in China slowed slightly in December, official figures showed Sunday, as the world's second largest economy stabilises. The official purc...

Toshiba shares fall 20% after it flags one-off loss

Dec 28, 2016 (AFP)

Toshiba shares dived more than 20 percent Wednesday in their second straight double-digit plunge, as the company said it may book a one-time loss of several bil...

China has 'real cause for concern' over Navarro: media

Dec 23, 2016 (AFP)

China had "real cause for concern" after US President-elect Donald Trump chose outspoken China critic Peter Navarro for a top trade position, Chinese media repo...

Trump names critics of China, regulation for economic posts

Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named billionaire Carl Icahn, a vocal critic of what he calls government overregulation, to serve as a special advisor...

China tycoon moves jobs to US, citing high taxes at home

Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)

A Chinese auto glass tycoon has caused a stir by shifting part of his empire to the United States and setting up a factory in Ohio, citing high taxes and soarin...

US returns Alibaba website to counterfeits blacklist

Dec 22, 2016 (AFP)

The United States on Wednesday put a division of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba back on a blacklist of "notorious markets" known for selling counterfeit g...