Former Treasury minister has been taking Mandarin lessons ahead of move to Beijing

More evidence of buying power of ambitious sporting nation

The rise of a new kind of political leader – as seen in Russia, Turkey, Hungary, and Poland – constitutes a new threat to the global order. If this type, in the form of US presidential candidate Donald Trump and French National Front leader Marine Le Pen, wins in the heart of the West, the risks to stability will rise sharply.

Workers take to gig economy in world’s biggest mass migration

Workers take to gig economy in world’s biggest mass migration

Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. is accused of charging Chinese drug companies improper fees, in an escalation of a scandal that emerged last week when the healthcare unit of Alibaba Group Holdings was reportedly to lose its exclusive operational rights of a national electronic drug monitoring system. In a Caixin Magazine article, Alibaba Health has […]

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Only nine Chinese companies completed initial public offerings in January, raising a total of RMB3.8 billion, down 73.5% and 72.7% year-on-year respectively, according to data released by data tracker ChinaVenture. IPOs By Chinese Companies On Domestic Exchanges (Jan 2015-Jan 2016) (Bars are total fundraising value and dots are numbers of IPOs) One Chinese company listed […]

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Letter from mainland confirms fears of Beijing crackdown against freedom of speech in territory