Will there be a China–US deal on climate change?
EconomyChinaFrank JotzoEast Asia ForumFor many years China and the United States have faced off over climate change. Now, climate change action is one of the few things the two powers can agree on. A...
View ArticleChina services PMI slows in September
Activity in China's services sector eased in September from its 17-month peak in the previous month, but still remains solid overall.The HSBC China Services Business Activity Index printed at 53.5 in...
View ArticleChinese drive record tourism
The number of tourists from China has hit a record high of 1,002,500 over the past year according to new figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week.The number of Chinese tourists...
View ArticleChinese stock investor confidence at 6-year high: survey
Chinese stock investors confidence has risen to its highest level since April 2008 according to a survey released Monday.The survey conducted by the China Securities Investor Protection Fund found that...
View ArticleUGL paid secret millions to HK: report
Corporate services group UGL has paid Hong Kong chief executive C.Y. Leung millions of dollars in return for his support for its business plans in Asia, according to Fairfax media. The funds, totalling...
View ArticleCan Beijing limit the spread of China's debt disease?
EconomyChinaPeter CaiBurgeoning local government debt is a cancerous tumour weighing down the health of the Chinese economy, and figuring out how to manage the growing burden is one of the biggest...
View ArticleDalian Wanda plans fund to lure movie business to China
QINGDAO, China—China’s Dalian Wanda Group Corp. plans to set up a 1 billion yuan (about US$163 million) annual fund to lure movie producers to a planned multibillion-dollar studio project that it hopes...
View ArticleUGL hits back at Hong Kong reports
UGL has hit back at reports it made clandestine payments to Hong Kong chief executive C.Y. Leung, saying the inference payments were a "secret" arrangement from which the company derived some...
View ArticleHong Kong protest groups show strains ahead of talks
HONG KONG—Students and government officials in Hong Kong sniped at one another on Wednesday, a day after agreeing to formal talks, as strains showed among protest groups that have paralyzed parts of...
View ArticleShanghai Chaori unveils closely watched restructuring plan
SHANGHAI—Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science & Technology Co., which earlier this year became the first Chinese company to default on its domestic corporate bonds, plans to bring in a new...
View ArticleShanghai stocks flat after 19-month high
China’s benchmark stock index has been flat on Thursday morning, as the market paused after reaching a 19-month closing high the previous day, dealers said.The Shanghai Composite Index added 0.8 per...
View ArticleChina poised to overtake US economy: IMF
China is set to overtake the US as the world’s largest economy this year in terms of purchasing power parity according to a report by the International Monetary Fund.According to the IMF report, China...
View ArticleChina's austerity campaign a success: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared victory after a 15-month austerity campaign that cut $US8.6 billion ($A9.30 billion) in public spending, state media said, as he pledged not to relent against...
View ArticleHK eyes 'new wave of civil disobedience'
A day before planned talks between the Hong Kong government and representatives of student protesters, the three main protest groups indicated a new tack in their campaign that has occupied parts of...
View ArticleBeijing slaps tariff on coal imports
The federal government is seeking clarity from China about its shock decision to impose new tariffs on Australian coal.China will impose from October 15 a levy of three per cent on coking coal imports...
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Democracy with Chinese characteristics
EconomyChinaBenjamin HerscovitchBeyond inspiring global solidarity, the impassioned pleas for genuine democracy in Hong Kong are even converting mainland Chinese to the cause.Determined though they may...
View ArticleChinese banks relax mortgage rules
BEIJING—China’s two biggest banks eased mortgage rules on Thursday and will offer lower lending rates for first-time homebuyers, as the government moves to reinvigorate its real-estate sector.Property...
View ArticleEU, China reach tentative deal to end telecom equipment tariff threat
BRUSSELS—The European Union and China have reached a tentative deal that will end the threat of punitive import tariffs on Chinese telecommunications equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE...
View ArticleHong Kong cancels talks with students
HONG KONG—The negotiations aimed at resolving Hong Kong’s political standoff were in disarray Thursday evening when the government called off talks with students a day before they were scheduled to...
View ArticleHanlong boss extradited to Australia
Steven Xiao, the Chinese businessman wanted over the alleged largest insider trader fraud in Australian history, has arrived in Australia after being extradited from Hong Kong overnight.The Australian...
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