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/ 17 November 2009
The imperative of greater global currency stability means the world can no longer rely on a currency issued by a single country, the IMF head said.
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/ 4 November 2009
Although United States President Barack Obama has never set foot there, China cast a long shadow in the Pacific region where he grew up.
The Chinese art bubble has burst. Long live Chinese art! Or so seems to be the refrain of artists and galleries in China, where prices are sagging.
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/ 30 December 2008
The biggest migration in human history has gone into reverse. China’s ocean of blue-collar workers are streaming back to the country’s hinterland.
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/ 26 December 2008
The morning before China’s vast earthquake killed Kang Ergui’s son, the father worked as a security guard at the boy’s school.
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/ 19 September 2008
Nearly 10% of milk samples from three top Chinese dairy companies was tainted with melamine, the government quality watchdog has found.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned on Wednesday that overheating remains the nation’s top economic foe even as global growth softens, vowing a tough fight against price rises and feverish investment. In his annual State of the Nation report to the Parliament, Wen targeted pollution, misgovernment and the gulf between urban rich and rural poor.