The atmospherics surrounding Xi Jinping’s coming trip to Russia – his first visit to a foreign country as China’s new president – recall a Soviet slogan from the late 1950’s: “Russia-China, Friendship Forever.” Fortunately for both sides, the slogan appears more valid now than it was then.

When the consequences of the US-led invasion of Iraq are fully weighed, the subsequent rise of political Islam throughout the region may turn out to be less important than an unforeseen geostrategic shift. With the US approaching energy self-sufficienc…

Chinese arms exports rose 162% in 2008-2012 mainly because of sales to Pakistan, ousting the UK as the world’s fifth-largest weapons exporter

SHANGHAI stocks were down this morning after data showed home prices rose in more cities last month. The key Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.91 percent to 2,257 points. Turnover was 46.1 billion yuan (US$7.4 billion) by midday.

New home prices rose more steeply in more Chinese cities in February, putting the government in an increasingly complex situation of regulating the bubble-ridden market, official data showed Monday.

Adidas published its annual results for 2012, stating that its revenue from the Greater China region was EUR1.562 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15% based on a fixed exchange rate. Colin Currie, managing director of Adidas Greater China, told loca…

South Korea's Samsung sold 30.06 million smartphones in China in 2012, ranking first in the Chinese smartphone market for the first time. For the entire year of 2012, Samsung's smartphone sales in China nearly doubled in China and its market share reac…

A woman poses for a picture in front of a sign of the China Railway Corporation as the company that will take over the commercial functions of the former Ministry of Railways started operations yesterday. With registered capital of 1.04 trillion yuan (…

Li’s agenda, which he outlined at the end of China’s annual parliament, is more limited and more singular in its focus on economics than his predecessor’s

A $209m air terminal built with Chinese labour and loans has raised western fears over Beijing’s growing influence in the south Asian nation