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China announces tax policies to boost property market
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
Deed tax incentives for housing transactions would be "enhanced to actively support basic and improved housing needs", state broadcaster CCTV said, citing vario...
Trump victory signals golden era for crypto industry
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
After years of ascendancy following bitcoin's emergence, the cryptocurrency industry had fallen into a "crypto winter," plagued by scandals and hostile regulato...
Asian markets extend losses as Trump fears build
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
The prospect of prices spiking again on the back of tax cuts, import tariffs, and an easing of regulations gave fresh impetus to the dollar, which has rallied s...
New push for EU-South America trade deal despite French fury
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
The blockbuster trade pact between the 27-country European Union and Mercosur countries -- Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay -- has been 25 years in the m...
Asian markets drop as Trump worries kick in after China disappoints
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
The sell-off came despite another record close on Wall Street, fuelled by expectations that Trump will push through promised business-friendly policies and hope...
Fears of Trump trade wars cast pall over Asia-Pacific summit
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
It will be the last Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit for Joe Biden before he hands the presidency to Trump next year after a rout for the Democra...
China planning to cut taxes on home buying: report
Nov 12, 2024 (AFP)
Regulators are preparing a proposal that would enable major cities such as Shanghai and Beijing to reduce the deed tax for buyers to as low as one percent from ...
China's 'Singles Day' shopping spree in spotlight as spending flags
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
"Singles Day" -- launched by tech giant Alibaba in 2009 -- has ballooned into an annual blockbuster period for retail, with days of discounts luring customers t...
Asian stocks struggle as China support plan falls flat, bitcoin hits record
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
Stocks rallied last week on hopes that a second Trump administration -- supported by a Republican Congress -- would push through a slew of business-friendly pol...
Peru's Chancay: China's megaport of entry to South America
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
"It's nearly ready," Gonzalo Rios, deputy general manager of the Peruvian subsidiary of Chinese port operator Cosco Shipping, which has a 60 percent stake in th...
China says to impose anti-dumping measures on EU brandy
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
China announced provisional tariffs on EU brandy imports last month, saying the alleged "dumping" threatened "substantial damage" to the domestic industry. And ...
Asia, the world's economic engine, prepares for Trump shock
Nov 10, 2024 (AFP)
But a trade war between the world's biggest economies would also destabilise markets everywhere, with Asia -- which contributes the largest share of global grow...
China plans to cut hidden debt in massive shakeup; consumer prices rise slower in Oct as Cartier profit tank
Nov 10, 2024 (AFP)
Policymakers gathered in Beijing this past week approved a proposal to swap six trillion yuan ($840 billion) of hidden debt belonging to local governments for o...
China's Xi hails 'new chapter' in Indonesia relations ahead of APEC and G20 meetings in SAmerica
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
Xi held talks with President Prabowo Subianto in Beijing, the first stop of the Indonesian leader's inaugural foreign tour since he took office in October. Chin...
China's Xi meets Indonesian president in Beijing
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
The newly sworn-in Indonesian leader landed in China on Friday, kicking off his first foreign tour seeking a more prominent position for Jakarta on the world st...
China consumer prices rise slower in October; Cartier profit sinks as China sales slump
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
The slowdown comes as authorities have been seeking to boost domestic activity as a property crisis weighs on confidence. The consumer price index (CPI), a key ...
Asian markets struggle to maintain momentum after Fed cut
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
Traders were also awaiting the end of a week-long meeting of key Chinese officials who have been hammering out a major stimulus package for the world's number t...
China poised to approve more help for ailing economy
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
Economists predict Beijing will approve hundreds of billions of dollars of help, with a focus on indebted local governments as well as cash for banks aimed at w...
Asian markets extend rally after Fed cut
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
Traders are also keenly awaiting the end of a week-long meeting of key Chinese officials who have been hammering out a major stimulus package for the world's nu...
China unveils sweeping local govt debt swap to lift ailing economy
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
Local governments in China face a ballooning debt burden of $5.6 trillion, according to Beijing, raising worries about wider economic stability. The Internation...
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