China hopes the visit of Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister Thapa would cement China-Nepal comprehensive cooperative partnership, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson here on Thursday. Thapa, also Nepalese foreign minister, is on an ...
Japan's Cabinet has approved a record-high military budget for fiscal 2016. The 5 trillion yen, or 42 billion U.S. dollar plan marks the fourth consecutive year that Japan has increased its defense budget. This is the first defense ...
China's latest efforts to stimulate its economy by deepening structural reform will produce rich "dividends" shared within China's borders and across the world. While the effectiveness of traditional demand-side policy support lessens, ...
Tags: Structural Reform, PRO-growth
China on Thursday donated mine clearance equipment to Cambodia and start-up funds to the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center. The 500,000-U.S. dollar donation included office equipment worth about 250,000 dollars to Cambodia, and start-up ...
21 Dec 2015 Tobacco giant Philip Morris has lost its fight against the plain packaging laws that it claimed would threaten the intellectual property of its brands. The company behind Marlboro, Peter Jackson and Longbeach cigarettes has ...
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The priorities set out by Chinese leaders at a key economic meeting have prompted strong interest among foreign media organizations. The Central Economic Work Conference, which was held here from Friday to Monday, reviewed China's ...
China is to extend the trading hours of the interbank forex market by seven hours and allow more foreign entities into the market, according to a Wednesday statement by the People's Bank of China (PBOC). From Jan. 4, the closing time for ...
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China's central bank says the country's foreign exchange market will extend trading hours by 7 hours starting from January 4th. Trading hours for the yuan in the Shanghai-based exchange will last till 11:30 pm local time. The People's ...
Tags: PBOC, Forex Trading
China's smog has made masks and air purifiers the hottest of commodities. Now, a new product is getting all the attention: bottled air. BBC screenshots of a woman breathing air from a can went viral on the Internet this week, with the ...
Tags: Bottled Air, China's smog
The Chinese government is calling on the Philippines to give up any illusions of sovereignty over islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spoksperson Hong Lei commented following the release of a court transcript ...
Tags: South China Sea, Arbitration
Chery Automobile has become the first Chinese automaker to have produced five million cars. The five millionth, Chery's best-selling model Arrizo5, rolling off a production line on Friday capped a good year for the company in defiance of ...
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China's securities regulator announced on Friday that it has registered the first batch of Mainland-Hong Kong Mutual Recognition of Funds (MRF). China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has registered three Hong Kong funds under the ...
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The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will officially come into force from Sunday, providing an opportunity for the two countries to push forward their already-close cooperation partnership further. Seoul's trade ...
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After a decade of negotiations, China and Australia will begin to implement a Free Trade Agreement on Sunday. Significant benefits to both economies are expected. Under the Free Trade Agreement, or FTA, nearly 86 percent of the two ...
Tags: FTA, China-Australia
The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will officially come into force from Sunday, providing an opportunity for the two countries to push forward their already-close cooperation partnership further. Seoul's trade ...