TRADE WARS - INDO DAILY

Macron begins China state visit at Silk Road gateway

Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)

Along with his wife Brigitte, Macron visited the famous terracotta warriors in the northern city of Xian, a centuries-old Big Wild Goose Pagoda -- a Buddhist si...

Macron bets on horse diplomacy in China

Jan 08, 2018 (AFP)

The animal, a retired Republican Guard horse named Vesuve de Brekka, is in quarantine in China. But Macron was set to show a photo of it to Xi when they met on ...

Europe casts a wary eye on China's Silk Road plans

Jan 07, 2018 (AFP)

Since China launched the New Silk Road plan in 2013, the hugely ambitious initiative to connect Asia and Europe by road, rail and sea has elicited both enormous...

China's Ant Financial drops MoneyGram deal as US approval fails

Jan 03, 2018 (AFP)

The decision by the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) will deal a blow to Alibaba boss Jack Ma's push into the world's biggest financial market and follow...

Pakistan allows use of Chinese yuan for trade, investment

Jan 03, 2018 (AFP)

Both public and private sector enterprises may use the yuan for bilateral trade and investment, the central State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement issued Tu...

China factory activity accelerated in December: Caixin

Jan 02, 2018 (AFP)

The Caixin Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) -- an indicator of conditions at small manufacturers -- rose to 51.5 in December, up from 50.8 in November and the hi...

China manufacturing activity slows in December

Dec 31, 2017 (AFP)

The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a gauge of factory conditions, stood at 51.6 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, comp...

China tightens rules on oversea cash withdrawals

Dec 30, 2017 (AFP)

The annual limit will be set at 100,000 yuan ($15,355) per person from Monday -- no matter how many cards a person has. Currently, there is an annual ATM cap of...

Masayoshi Son: From chicken feed to Japan's richest tycoon

Dec 29, 2017 (AFP)

It was a typically bullish remark from the 60-year-old tycoon, listed by Forbes as Japan's richest man with an estimated fortune of $22.2 billion, who has embar...

China temporarily waives taxes to get foreign firms to stay

Dec 29, 2017 (AFP)

The finance ministry announced Thursday the new tax policy, which will apply retroactively from January so businesses will be able to take advantage of the exem...

China imposes new restrictions on outbound investment

Dec 27, 2017 (AFP)

The rules are the latest attempt to stem the tidal wave of capital that has flown out of the country in recent years, a trend which regulators fear could threat...

UK accused of trying to block US trade deal transparency

Dec 21, 2017 (AFP)

The two countries have set up a "trade and investment working group" to lay the groundwork for a future deal once Britain leaves the European Union in 2019. In ...

China's economic growth to slow next year, says state think tank

Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)

But while the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) estimate was better than its previous outlook it warned of possible trade headwinds from US President Do...

President Xi puts his stamp on China's economy, permits more debt

Dec 20, 2017 (AFP)

The pledges were made under a new banner, "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialist Economy with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era", at the end of the annual Central...

China issues code of conduct for firms investing abroad

Dec 19, 2017 (AFP)

The move by the country's top economic-planning agency appears to be the latest in a government campaign to prevent acquisitive Chinese firms from over-extendin...

China opens major economic conference; ANZ sells Shanghai bank stake

Dec 18, 2017 (AFP)

The annual Central Economic Work Conference gives leaders the opportunity to review past economic policy and plan for 2018. The pursuit of high growth propelled...

Britain, China speed up bid to link stock markets

Dec 16, 2017 (AFP)

Visiting British finance minister Philip Hammond has been cozying up to Beijing, with the relationship between the two countries growing in importance as the UK...

Japan firm says it will pay part of salaries in Bitcoin

Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)

GMO Internet, which operates a range of web-related businesses including finance, online advertising and internet infrastructure, will start paying up to 100,00...

Britain seeks closer ties to China's Belt and Road

Dec 15, 2017 (AFP)

China is one of Britain's largest trading partners, and the relationship has grown in importance as the UK looks forward to its economic future once it leaves t...

Winter cuts dent China's industrial output

Dec 14, 2017 (AFP)

Output at factories and workshops expanded 6.1 percent year-on-year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, against 6.2 percent in October and in line wi...