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China's pandemic-defying GDP growth slowed late last year
Jan 17, 2022 (AFP)
The world's second-biggest economy also reported the lowest birth rate since the founding of Communist China in 1949, adding to a looming demographic crisis. Ch...
China's economy grew 8% in 2021 but property, virus threats loom
Jan 15, 2022 (AFP)
The eight percent growth would be well above the government's target of more than six percent, and comes on the back of a strong start to the year as a "zero-Co...
Asian markets in retreat as Fed officials fan rate hike fears
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
A pledge by Fed chief Jerome Powell this week to rein in surging prices while also nurturing the recovery in the world's top economy provided a much-needed lift...
EU, China plan summit in March: Borrell
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
"An EU-China summit is planned, at first glance for the end of March. It will give me a chance to travel to China to prepare for it," Borrell announced after an...
China exports surge in 2021 as global demand picks up
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
The world's second-biggest economy saw a quick rebound from the coronavirus in the past two years -- after cases first surfaced in a central city in late 2019 -...
Asian gambling hub Macau to limit new casino licences to 10 years
Jan 14, 2022 (AFP)
The Chinese territory's multibillion-dollar gaming industry has been on tenterhooks ever since officials announced plans to overhaul the sector last September. ...
Asian markets mixed after Wall St gains as inflation fears ease
Jan 13, 2022 (AFP)
The Labor Department said consumer prices rose seven percent on-year in December, the fastest rate since 1982, as supply snarls and energy costs were compounded...
Asian markets rally with Wall St as Powell eases inflation fears
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
Global markets have endured a torrid start to the year after minutes from the bank's December meeting revealed a hawkish tilt by officials spooked by months of ...
China inflation eases in December, providing opportunity for rate cuts
Jan 12, 2022 (AFP)
Like most other countries, China has seen prices surge for much of the past year owing to pick-up in the cost of energy, putting pressure on an economy also bei...
China must participate 'fully' in debt relief for poor nations: World Bank
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
"Many countries are now facing record levels of external and domestic debt as interest rate hikes begin," the head of the Washington-based development lender sa...
Myanmar teak exports to US bypassing coup sanctions: activists
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since a February 1 coup triggered widespread unrest that the military has sought to quell with violence -- killin...
Markets mixed as era of cheap cash draws to a close
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
While the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant plays on nerves, traders are now coming to terms with the imminent end to the pandemic era of ultra-cheap c...
Asian markets drop as era of cheap cash draws to a close
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
While the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant plays on nerves, traders are now coming to terms with the imminent end to the pandemic era of ultra-cheap c...
Asian markets swing as traders weigh Fed tightening, inflation
Jan 10, 2022 (AFP)
Traders will be keeping a watch on inflation readings out of the United States and China this week as they try to assess the outlook for the global economy with...
Asian markets mixed as attention turns to US jobs
Jan 07, 2022 (AFP)
News that the Federal Reserve is planning a more aggressive campaign to fight surging inflation rattled global traders, who have enjoyed almost two years of che...
China FM in Kenya on three-nation tour of Africa
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
Wang arrived in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa late Wednesday from Eritrea, a closed-off country that was the first stop on his three-nation tour of Afri...
Asian markets track Wall St drop on Fed rate hike plans
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
The much-anticipated release of minutes from the US central bank's December policy meeting showed that while officials were concerned about the fast-spreading O...
Asian, European markets track Wall St drop on Fed rate hike plans
Jan 06, 2022 (AFP)
The much-anticipated release of minutes from the US central bank's December policy meeting showed that while officials were concerned about the fast-spreading O...
Chinese asset manager Huarong plunges 50% as trading resumes
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
The company's Hong Kong-traded shares were suspended in April last year after it delayed its annual report, spooking Asian markets. When Huarong published its r...
Chinese asset manager Huarong plunges 40% as trading resumes
Jan 05, 2022 (AFP)
The company's Hong Kong-traded shares were suspended in April last year after it delayed its annual report, spooking Asian markets. When Huarong published its r...
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