Beijing defuses one source of tension with the US ahead of summit by granting passports to relatives of blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng

Recently, the Bank of Japan announced plans to unleash the world's most aggressive quantitative easing program, as part of a comprehensive economic strategy. This coordination of monetary and fiscal policy has spurred a rethinking of central banks' role – and could portend a new era of active and varied monetary policy.

After years of isolation from the global economy and years of anemic growth, Myanmar is one of Asia’s last largely untapped markets. But can investing in Myanmar live up to the current high expectations for the country?

THE Chinese government has come up with some "good" prescriptions after identifying the country's growth problems, said former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today.

Shanghai International Sourcing Promotion Co Ltd (ISPGROUP) today signed an agreement with Focus Technology Co Ltd for online and offline business cooperation.

SHANGHAI International Sourcing Promotion Co Ltd (ISP) yesterday signed an agreement with Focus Technology Co Ltd for online and offline business cooperation.

THE China International Consumer Goods Fair will open tomorrow in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, with support from the Ministry of Commerce and the Zhejiang Provincial Government.

SHANGHAI stocks retreated seven days in a row this morning before the release of key economic data, sending the Shanghai Composite Index towards its first weekly loss in six weeks.

The Economic Observer reports: Almost 7 million students are set to graduate from China's higher education institutions this year. In recent weeks domestic media has been full of reports about how grim the employment outlook is. Yesterday's Beijing Times however…

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $70 million loan to China Everbright International to build three water plants in China. Everbright International will use IFC’s financing to expand environmental water business by building a waste-water treatment plant, a pioneering waste-water reuse plant and a ground water plant. Upon completion, the […]

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OIL rose to a high for the week yesterday after a positive reading on the US job market, as natural gas plunged on a surprisingly large increase in the nation's supplies.

A bouncy ride on Wall Street ended with a modest gain yesterday.

Time Warner Inc. and China Media Capital (CMC), China's leading investment fund focused on media and entertainment, announce the formation of a strategic investment partnership. Time Warner commits to make a $50 million investment in China Media Capita…

Chinese speech and language technology provider iFlytek has signed a three-year strategic cooperation agreement with China Telecom that aims to promote the development of intelligent speech industry. The two parties will establish a strategic cooperati…

Nagging security concerns over the Huawei contract to provide equipment for the British telecoms network has led to criticisms of Whitehall failings

Foreign companies would be well advised to take every opportunity provided by China's economic growth, Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said yesterday.

PUMP prices in Shanghai were cut by 1 percent from midnight last night, an adjustment to reflect changes in global crude oil markets, the government said.

Customers arrive for a sale at a department store in central Sydney yesterday. Australia's economy posted a second straight quarter of moderate growth as a drop in business investment offset gains in trade and consumer spending at the beginning of this…