At a Jewish seder a youngster has to ask four questions; this is also the time to think about moves afoot in Beijing

Host to the $10m Dubai World Cup teams up with government of Chengdu to help its Wenjiang district develop world class horse race meeting

PREMIER Li Keqiang yesterday called for courage and wisdom in pushing forward economic transformation and achieving sustainable growth in the long run.

After six years of weighing the options, China is now firmly committed to implementing a new growth strategy. But it will take courage and sheer determination to tackle the biggest obstacle of all – deeply entrenched local and provincial power blocs.

THE housing rentals for expatriates in Shanghai are likely to rise this year as vacancy rates remain low despite tightened corporate budgets, an international real estate services provider has said.

SHANGHAI stocks ended nearly flat yesterday as investors adopted a cautious stance amid mounting market uncertainty. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 0.01 percent on the final trading day of the month to close at 2,236.62 points. The index lost 3.94 percent this week and 5.45 percent in March.

TAIWAN is set to ease rules to allow Chinese mainland banks to buy bigger stakes in Taiwan banks and permit more Chinese mainland firms to invest in its financial industry, a move marking a major advance in cross-strait ties, the Taiwan financial regulator said yesterday.

THE president of Cyprus said yesterday the risk of bankruptcy had been contained and the country had no intention of leaving the euro, in a speech laden with criticism of Europe's currency union for "experimenting" with the island's fate.

A CHINESE regulator said yesterday it will strengthen supervision of the IT industry to better protect consumers after state media reported loopholes in Apple Inc's after-sales service in China.

A worker walks at an industrial zone yesterday in Urayasu, near Tokyo. Japan's factory output unexpectedly dipped in February on a drop in electronics production and consumer prices fell again, underscoring the challenge the central bank faces in engin…

More than a quarter of US companies surveyed say they have had trade secrets stolen or compromised through cyber attacks on their China operations