Guangzhou-based travel mobile app Yaochufa says that the company has received several millions of U.S. dollars from Vertex Venture Holdings, according to Chinese media reports. Yaochufa, which means "Want To Go" in Chinese, previously received several millions of RMB seed funding from Innovation Works, a start-up incubator founded by former Google China head, Li Kai-fu. […]

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Guangzhou-based travel mobile app Yaochufa says that the company has received several millions of U.S. dollars from Vertex Venture Holdings, according to Chinese media reports. Yaochufa, which means "Want To Go" in Chinese, previously received several millions of RMB seed funding from Innovation Works, a start-up incubator founded by former Google China head, Li Kai-fu. […]

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Shanghai-based financial service provider DianRong says that the company has received tens of millions U.S. dollars from Northern Light Venture Capital. The specific amount and valuation of the investment were not disclosed. Launched in March 2013, DianRong is a peer-to-peer (P2P) loan and financial services platform for small and medium enterprises in China. DianRong is […]

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Shanghai-based financial service provider DianRong says that the company has received tens of millions U.S. dollars from Northern Light Venture Capital. The specific amount and valuation of the investment were not disclosed. Launched in March 2013, DianRong is a peer-to-peer (P2P) loan and financial services platform for small and medium enterprises in China. DianRong is […]

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Key short-term rate climbs to nearly 9% despite emergency money injections, fuelling concerns the central bank’s actions have been ineffectual so far

China’s recent declaration of an air defense identification zone extending to territories that it does not control seems to have nothing in common with America’s arrest and strip-search of an Indian diplomat for allegedly underpaying her housekeeper. In fact, these episodes epitomize both powers’ unilateralist approach to international law.

Jang Song-thaek had been seen as a kind of regent to Kim Jong-un, the young successor to the Kim family dynasty, and was thought to be number two in the regime. But he owed his position – and, indeed, his life – to his wife, Kim's aunt, who has been the real power in North Korea since the death of her brother, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.

Few people outside of China know Foshan, a city of seven million located at the heart of the Pearl River Delta in southern China. But this vibrant and economically progressive city embodies China’s quest for a high-value-added, high-income economy.

China's recently announced economic reforms are only one ingredient of a carefully crafted cocktail. The rest of President Xi Jinping's recipe for domestic stability comprises two parts popular social reforms – relaxation of the one-child policy and abolition of “reeducation through labor” – and one part political crackdown.

Manufacturing surveys for China, Korea and Taiwan have shown the sector contracting for large periods of the year despite strong growth in the US

China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) published on its website a document detailing the basic requirements for setting up local asset management companies in China's provinces and cities. China currently has four state-owned asset management companies at the central government level. Established in the late 1990s, they took over and manages the non-performing loans from the […]

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China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) published on its website a document detailing the basic requirements for setting up local asset management companies in China's provinces and cities. China currently has four state-owned asset management companies at the central government level. Established in the late 1990s, they took over and manages the non-performing loans from the […]

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Apple says it will finally rollout the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c with China Mobile on January 17, 2014. Pre-registration from China Mobile's official website at 10086.cn and customer service hotline 10086 will begin in two days. But Apple says pricing and availability of both the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, which will run on […]

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has appointed Chang Chialin, current chief financial officer, as new global head of sales. HTC was once a leading company in the smartphone market; however, the company is now facing a difficult time. During the latest quarter, HTC suffered the first quarterly loss since the establishment of the company. In addition, […]