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Got a spare $71m? How about a single Hong Kong apartment?
Nov 21, 2017 (AFP)
A well-heeled buyer snapped up two adjacent mountain-top pads -- each more than 4,000 square feet (370 square metres) -- for an eye-watering combined price of U...
Philippines offers China chance to run third telecom service
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
Duterte, who has courted Beijing while loosening his nation's alliance with the United States, made the offer in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Ma...
China to build $1.6 bn aluminium plant in Tajikistan
Nov 17, 2017 (AFP)
China -- which already owns over half of Tajikistan's external debt -- has long sought to boost ties in the ex-Soviet Central Asia region which Russia has tradi...
Post-hurricane rebuilding fuels jump in October US home construction
Nov 17, 2017 (AFP)
The spike in construction, which also reflected a large increase in apartments in regions not touched by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, was the biggest in a year a...
Panama opens embassy in China after cutting Taiwan ties
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
In a speech heralding the embassy's "historic" establishment, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela said his "commitment to the One China principle" was made ...
US industrial output rises as hurricane hit reverses
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
The post-Harvey rebound fueled industrial production to its biggest one-month rise since April as factories made up for weeks in August and September when they ...
China imposes new rules on bank policy to curb risks
Nov 16, 2017 (AFP)
For the first time, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) will impose specific rules designed in part to reduce financial risk at three banks tasked wi...
EU parliament toughens law to limit cheap Chinese imports
Nov 15, 2017 (AFP)
The law, several years in the making, introduces a new method for drawing up anti-dumping duties over imports from third countries that demonstrate significant ...
IMF raises 2017 growth outlook for South Korea
Nov 14, 2017 (AFP)
Wrapping up a two-week visit, the IMF said it expects Asia's fourth-largest economy to expand 3.2 percent this year, up from its earlier prediction of 3.0 perce...
Watchdog warns of 'high risk' digital currency offers
Nov 13, 2017 (AFP)
The Paris-based European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), an independent EU body, said it had observed "rapid growth" in ICOs and "is concerned that inv...
ASEAN, Hong Kong sign deal in 'vote for open trade'
Nov 12, 2017 (AFP)
The city, a special administrative region of China, forged the agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the sidelines of a summit in...
China eases foreign limits in finance as Trump leaves
Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)
The announcement came after Trump capped his first state visit to Beijing by praising the "highly respected" President Xi Jinping as he took off for an Asia-Pac...
Trump says trade surplus unfair, adds 'I don't blame China'
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
At a signing ceremony for over $250 billion in US-Chinese business deals in Beijing, Trump said: "After all, who can blame a country for being able to take adva...
Trump's $250bn China deals are small beer: analysts
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
Trump's insurgent presidential campaign was built in large measure on lashing out at global trading relationships, particularly that with China, whose annual $3...
China's consumer price inflation accelerates in October
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
In a drive to clean up the country's smog-ridden cities the government has moved to wind down production at some at steel factories and smelters, and President ...
China's trade surplus with US eases as Trump visits
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
Trump is expected to seek ways to reduce the huge US trade deficit in his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his first, three-day state visit ...
US slams World Bank lending to rich countries like China
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
David Malpass, Treasury's under secretary for International Affairs, cited China as a prime example of the practice, as the World Bank's biggest borrower with $...
Alibaba launches electronic trading hub in Malaysia
Nov 03, 2017 (AFP)
The hub, part of a "digital free trade zone" near Kuala Lumpur International Airport, went live during a ceremony attended by Alibaba founder Jack Ma and Malays...
Canada: Amazon to add 1,000 jobs in Vancouver
Nov 03, 2017 (AFP)
The company said in a statement it would open a new office in downtown Vancouver in 2020 to accomodate the new staff, which will bring its total number of its e...
China factory activity steady in October: independent data
Nov 01, 2017 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy registered 6.8 percent growth in the third quarter of the year, down from 6.9 percent in the first two quarters. But experts ...
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