BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has ruled that U.S. government support to six American solar and wind power projects violates free trade rules, adding to strains between Beijing and its trading partners over renewable energy. The United [...]

China’s economy has slowed for six consecutive quarters and exports growth is almost stagnant, but the world’s second-largest economy is still “flying” high compared to advanced economies like the United States and Europe and will do [...]

By Sarah Turner and Chris Oliver, MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asian markets ended higher Tuesday, with gains in Woodside Petroleum Ltd. helping lift Australia’s main share index to a three-and-a-half month high, while [...]

News on Monday that Myanmar had decided to end press censorship has prompted different takes from Chinese media outlets, as well as doubts from the online community that China will its own tight restrictions anytime soon. Conflicting [...]

BEIJING | Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:37am EDT BEIJING Aug 21 (Reuters) – China’s crude oil imports from Iran fell 28 percent in July from an 11-month high in June, and were down 30 percent from a year earlier, [...]

A screen shot from a Communist Party Web site showing the main entrance to the Qincheng Prison. HONG KONG — A Chinese court has suspended Gu Kailai’s death sentence for the cyanide murder of a British businessman. But the wife of the disgraced [...]

SINGAPORE | Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:58pm EDT SINGAPORE Aug 21 (Reuters) – China Aviation Oil (CAO) , Asia’s top jet fuel buyer, has terminated its plan to build and manage an oil storage terminal in Malaysia, [...]

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Hill Knowlton Strategies is the busiest lobbying firm in Ottawa for foreign takeovers, using lessons learned from the country’s biggest failed takeover bid to advise Cnooc Ltd. (883) on its $15.1 billion offer for Nexen Inc. (NXY) The Canadian [...]

By Chris Buckley BEIJING | Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:49pm EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – Leftist supporters of China’s toppled politician Bo Xilai are digging in for an unusually defiant defense of their hero, arguing [...]

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index heading for a three-month high, as China moved to alleviate a cash crunch and ahead of U.S. reports that are expected to show the world’s biggest economy is improving. Samsung Electronics [...]

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China’s stocks rose, driving the benchmark index’s biggest gains in a week, after the central bank injected record funds into the financial system and on speculation more cities will roll out stimulus plans. Port operator Chongqing Ganjiu [...]

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China’s interest-rate swaps fell from a three-month high as the central bank injected record funds into the financial system to ease a cash crunch. The six-month contract, the fixed cost to receive the seven-day repurchase rate, fell five [...]

Emerging-market stocks fell on concern China will hold off easing monetary policy as property prices rebounded and after the Bundesbank criticized the European Central Bank’s bond repurchasing program. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF) [...]

BEIJING | Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:21am IST BEIJING Aug 21 (Reuters) – China’s southwestern city of Chongqing plans to invest 1.5 trillion yuan ($236 billion) in seven major industries over the next three years, [...]

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has ruled that U.S. government support to six American solar and wind power projects violates free trade rules, adding to strains between Beijing and its trading partners over renewable energy. The United [...]

But in publicly prosecuting Gu Kailai, the wife of the purged political leader Bo Xilai, for murdering a British business associate, it seems to have committed some fumbles. The party’s carefully scripted trial of Ms. Gu — which [...]

General Motors Co. (GM) sells a model in China so popular with executives that it’s often lined up outside galas and high-end restaurants: A Buick minivan. If it’s surprising that China’s business elite prefer these big, boxy models to [...]

Bo’s spectacular downfall and the murder mystery entangling his wife this year threw the country’s rulers into turmoil at a particularly sensitive time, ahead of a once-in-a-decade leadership transition in China. Bo had been campaigning [...]

BY RHIANNON HOYLE AND LAURA CLARKE Signs of a turnaround in the property market and increased infrastructure investment in China could offer a glimmer of hope that the steel market is headed for a recovery, even [...]

General Motors Co. (GM) sells a model in China so popular with executives that it’s often lined up outside galas and high-end restaurants: A Buick minivan. If it’s surprising that China’s business elite prefer these big, boxy models to [...]

August 18, 2012, Miss China, Wen Xia Yu, was crowned Miss World 2012. Yu is 23 years old and from Liaoning, China, and will spend her year working for charitable causes and fulfilling her duties as Miss World. The competition was held [...]

BEIJING – Chinese state media and even the defendant have praised the verdict. But that doesn’t mean the experts are convinced that the sensational murder trial of Gu Kailai has answered all the questions surrounding [...]

-Comex September copper settles down 4.85 cents, or 1.4%, at $3.371 a pound -China disappoints copper bulls with no new easing measures as property prices rise -European markets slip as European Central Bank undercuts stimulus hopes [...]

China’s Big Four banks are Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd , China Construction Bank Corp , Bank of China Ltd and Agricultural Bank of China Ltd . New yuan loans extended by all Chinese banks in July came to 540.1 billion [...]

Chinese equities (CH55BN) fell in New York and E-House China Holdings Ltd. dropped the most in a week after an increase in home prices in July spurred concern the central bank will avoid easing monetary policy. The Bloomberg China-US Equity [...]

Last week, two next-generation battery manufacturers in the Boston area announced major investments from Chinese firms. Good news? Yes, if your goal is to grow the Chinese economy. The deals for A123 Systems and Boston-Power will result in [...]

China asked the U.S. to remove some of its stimulus measures for the renewable-energy industry, saying they’re against World Trade Organization rules. Six state stimulus programs have violated the WTO’s anti- subsidy rules and hampered [...]