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US raises overcapacity concerns in economic talks with China
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
The talks come amid concerns about China's growth, as the world's second biggest economy struggles with a property sector crisis and prospects of sagging produc...
Markets mixed after Wall St losses, Shanghai and Hong Kong rally
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
Investors were still coming to terms with the prospect of US interest rates being kept at two-decade highs following a forecast-busting jobs report last week an...
The highs and lows of recent China-Australia relations
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
Here is a look at bilateral ties over recent years: - Australia bans Huawei - Beijing has said Canberra fired "the first shot" in the deterioration of relations...
China hands former top bank boss suspended death sentence for bribery
Feb 05, 2024 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping has waged a sweeping campaign against deep-seated official corruption since coming to power a decade ago, though critics say the po...
Asia markets mixed as blockbuster US jobs batter rate cut hopes
Feb 05, 2024 (AFP)
Decision-makers left traders disappointed last week when they said after a meeting that they were unlikely to loosen policy at their next gathering. There were ...
Asia markets take a hit as blockbuster US jobs batter rate cut hopes
Feb 05, 2024 (AFP)
Decision-makers left traders disappointed last week when they said after their latest meeting they were unlikely to loosen policy at their next gathering. There...
China economic slowdown to persist through 2028: IMF
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy last year saw some of its slowest growth in decades, as a debt crisis in the property sector added to geopolitical tensions a...
Most markets advance after tech-fuelled Wall St surge
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
Disappointment over the Federal Reserve's warning this week that borrowing costs would not likely be cut in March was tempered by the knowledge they are all but...
Banking tycoon Bao Fan steps down as head of China Renaissance
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
Bao rose to fame as a key player in the emergence of some of the country's biggest tech giants, supervising blockbuster IPOs and the landmark 2015 merger betwee...
Most Asian markets retreat as Fed crushes March rate cut hope
Feb 01, 2024 (AFP)
The downbeat sentiment was compounded by disappointing earnings from US titans Microsoft and Alphabet, which pummelled the tech sector, while investors were als...
Asian markets swing as traders eye Fed, US jobs and earnings
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
A key Treasury auction, US jobs figures and earnings from some of the world's biggest companies including Apple and Amazon were also in view this week. That all...
China factory activity shrinks for fourth straight month
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) -- a key measure of factory output -- came in at 49.2 percent in January, according to China's National Bureau of Statistic...
Asian markets swing as traders eye Fed, jobs and earnings
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
A key Treasury auction, US jobs figures and earnings from some of the world's biggest companies including Apple and Amazon were also in view this week. That all...
Hong Kong court orders liquidation of China's Evergrande
Jan 29, 2024 (AFP)
Once China's biggest real estate firm, its astronomical debt of more than $300 billion had become emblematic of a years-long crisis in the country's property ma...
Oil rises on fresh Middle East fears, equities advance
Jan 29, 2024 (AFP)
The drone strike on a base in Jordan -- which came days after Yemen's Huthi group struck a vessel in the Red Sea -- ramped up tensions in the region and stoked ...
China announces fresh bailouts for ailing property sector
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
Troubles in the property industry have been one of the main headwinds facing the world's second-largest economy, with a government clampdown on excessive borrow...
China's Xi hails ties with France in face of global 'uncertainties'
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking in a video message to a reception in Beijing on Thursday evening, Xi said six decades of diplomatic relations had served "world peace, stability and de...
Asian equity rally fades despite Wall St records sparked by US data
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
The tepid display came despite more record finishes for the Dow and S&P 500 in New York fueled by forecast-beating US growth data and news that a key inflation ...
Shanghai, Hong Kong rally on China stimulus hopes, Asian markets mixed
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Another record close for the S&P 500 on Wall Street provided a positive lead for investors, while a string of data including on US economic growth and jobs coul...
Shanghai, Hong Kong rally on China stimulus hope, equity markets mixed
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Another record close for the S&P 500 on Wall Street provided a positive lead for investors, while a string of data including on US economic growth and jobs coul...
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