CHINA'S consumer quality watchdog today urged German car maker Volkswagen to recall defective cars with DSG problems.

US stocks fell yesterday, ending the longest winning streak for the Dow Jones industrial average in nearly 17 years.

The price of oil rose to near US$94 yesterday ahead of the release of US industrial production and manufacturing figures that analysts expect to show an improving economy.

Xi Jinping has been running an anti-graft campaign since becoming Communist party chief in November, but faces a tough task to make much headway

It will take significantly more than a pot noodle factory in Leeds to regenerate an economy that has long relied on oil and financial services, writes Tim Harford

Jack Lew, who became Treasury secretary last month, chose China for his first international trip, in an effort to strengthen ties with new leadership

Official data from the health ministry show 532m abortion and sterilisation operations were performed since 1971 in China to limit the population

APPLE Inc's after-sales service in China was condemned yesterday and two carmakers – Volkswagen and Jianghuai – were criticized for problems with their vehicles.

APPLE Inc's after-sales service in China was condemned yesterday and two carmakers – Volkswagen and Jianghuai – were criticized for problems with their vehicles.

JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced yesterday that Japan will join talks on a Pacific trade pact that would oblige the country to open up sheltered industries including farming, long a bastion of protectionism.

JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced yesterday that Japan will join talks on a Pacific trade pact that would oblige the country to open up sheltered industries including farming, long a bastion of protectionism.

VERY few attractive discounts are on offer at an ongoing property exhibition in Shanghai, reflecting a positive sentiment in the market.

VERY few attractive discounts are on offer at an ongoing property exhibition in Shanghai, reflecting a positive sentiment in the market.

SHANGHAI'S industrial production and investment growth picked up in the first two months of this year compared with the same period of last year, but in a tricky development, inflation also shot up to a nine-month high.

SHANGHAI'S industrial production and investment growth picked up in the first two months of this year compared with the same period of last year, but in a tricky development, inflation also shot up to a nine-month high.

BOEING yesterday said it sees commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming "within weeks" even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery overheating.