China scraps demand for iron ore
There is more than one reason iron-ore miners and steel producers need to scrap the idea that Chinese demand will save them.The five-year nadir the price of iron ore reached last week reminded...
View ArticleChina inflation leaves room for stimulus
Chinese inflation eased to a four-month low of 2.0 per cent in August, which could allow leaders to further ease monetary policy in the world's second largest economy.The latest data from the National...
View ArticleIron ore below $US82 a tonne
The price of iron ore has fallen further overnight, slumping to a fresh five-year low. Benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in China is currently trading at $US81.90 a...
View ArticleWendys scooped up by Asian food firm
Ice cream chain Wendys is the latest Australian food company to be gobbled up by a foreign company.Wendys is being bought for $10 million by a Singaporean company keen to expand the business into...
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Chinese lessons for Christopher Pyne
EconomyChinaFergus RyanPerhaps more than any politician in Australia, the Federal Education Minister knows a protest when he sees one.Since revealing his controversial plans for the higher education...
View ArticleChina and Taiwan walking the line of rapprochement
EconomyChinaJustine DoodyEast Asia ForumAfter more than six decades of conflict over the political status of Taiwan, Beijing and Taipei are taking significant steps toward rapprochement in their...
View ArticleHong Kong regulators pursue Chinese state-owned firm Citic
Hong Kong's securities regulator has launched legal proceedings against state-owned Chinese conglomerate Citic, former Chairman Larry Yung and four other former directors of the company in an effort to...
View ArticleAsian investors' iron ore bets fail to pay off
For much of the past decade, Asian investors spent billions of dollars on iron ore deposits in the Australian outback in an attempt to break BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto’s stranglehold on the commodity....
View ArticleChina denies using antimonopoly law to target foreign companies
Chinese regulators denied allegations made by foreign business groups that China is using its antimonopoly law to unfairly target foreign companies and may be violating its World Trade Organization...
View ArticleChina denies using antimonopoly law to target foreign companies
Chinese regulators denied allegations made by foreign business groups that China is using its antimonopoly law to unfairly target foreign companies and may be violating its World Trade Organization...
View ArticleChina car sales grow at slowest pace in 5 months
Car sales in China rose 8.5 per cent in August, the slowest expansion since March, the the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers industry group said on Thursday.About 1.47 million new passenger...
View ArticlePicks of the Week
EconomyAustralian NewsCliona O'DowdIf recessions weren't abolished, we might have oneAlan KohlerWhether we enter into a recession in the next year or not, it's sure going to feel like it.The dangerous...
View ArticleChina bank loans nearly double in August
China's bank lending nearly doubled in August from the previous month, rebounding towards what analysts described as a normal level.Chinese banks granted 702.5 billion yuan ($A123.88 billion) in new...
View ArticleHuawei on European recruitment drive
Controversial Chinese technology giant Huawei -- which has been condemned as a security risk in the US and Australia -- is to recruit hundreds of research and development staff in Europe, the president...
View ArticleChinese fund to splash $3bn on Australian agriculture
Chinese investment in Australian agriculture is set to boom, with the Chinese-government owned Beijing Agricultural Investment Fund yesterday committing to spend $3 billion on Australian dairy, beef,...
View ArticleChina's looming SOE reform wave - part II
EconomyChinaPaul PennayThis is the second part of a two-part series. Part one is available here.A comprehensive plan outlining how China’s policy makers aim to overhaul the country’s state-owned...
View ArticleWhen Xi comes calling, will Modi be ready?
EconomyChinaSourabh GuptaEast Asia ForumWhen President Xi Jinping arrives in the Indian capital next week, he will become the first leader of a major power to pay a state visit in the Narendra Modi...
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China's GDP growth target addiction
EconomyChinaPaul GruenwaldWSJChina's financial sector was deemed to be reasonably sound before the global economic crisis erupted in 2008. Today, thanks to rising debt, financial stability is seen as...
View ArticleChinalco boss probed for graft
A top executive at one of China’s leading state-owned enterprises has been put under investigation on suspicion of corruption, the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on...
View ArticleChina's moment of truth: financial reform or growth?
China's long push toward financial reform is bumping up against a more pressing national goal: boosting growth.The world's second-largest economy is faring worse than previously thought, with...
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