Selling what China makes to locals has economic pros but sociopolitical and environmental cons, says Patrick Collinson.
Chen Guangcheng — one of China’s best-known human rights icons — was prepared to spend years in the US embassy as he weighed his next move.
The US is escalating the risks of a currency war, Brics nations say. <b>Matt Quigley</b> explores the consequences if the US doesn’t "knock it off".
China is demanding an apology from the US over the standoff involving activist Chen Guangcheng, who has now left the US embassy in Beijing.
China, the largest purchaser of oil from South Sudan, has agreed to loan the fledgling country $8-billion.
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is now under US protection in Beijing after fleeing from house arrest, a US-based rights group said on Saturday.
Trends have shown that the wealth of the top 1% people is increasing despite the global economic slump.
<em>The New York Times</em> has revealed that Wal-Mart covered up findings of an internal probe that proved its Mexican subsidiary bribed officials.
SA’s newest star Branden Grace has drawn comparisons with some of golf’s legends after sealing his third European Tour win already this year.
Amid weaker than expected data in the US and China, and a flare-up in Europe’s debt crisis, markets will be paying close attention to key statistics.
US and Chinese officials have taken part in war games in bid to prevent military blowout resulting from rising anger over cyberattacks.
In the glare of the social media, it has been impossible for China’s authorities to keep a clamp on things, especially why Bo Xilai had to leave.
A new book, <em>Tiger Head, Snake Tails</em>, explores the extremes by which China functions and how order exists in such a chaotic state.
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese activist and artist, has turned off the live feed from surveillance cameras he fitted in his home after authorities objected.
The rising profile of the Brics has reshaped the geopolitical economy and this has given rise to the idea of setting up a development bank.
South Africa’s inclusion into Brics has been a political triumph, but the real challenges are about to start.
South Africa has to start developing strategies to take advantage of its deposits of limited metals, similar to China.
The two countries with the world’s largest economies must co-exist in a relationship and despite their frosty relationship, the future is promising.
Brics members — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — are expected to begin cross-listing financial products.
Leaders of the emerging world will discuss the creation of a new development bank at a summit shadowed by protests against the Chinese president.
President Jacob Zuma intends to position SA as a global force representing emerging African economies in international platforms at the Brics summit.
The US and China have agreed to coordinate their response if North Korea goes through with a planned rocket launch next month.
China’s Great Firewall has finally met its match, with its web users developing a bizarre code to blog about political sagas.
Fossilised remains of stone age people recovered from caves in China may belong to a new species of human that survived until the dawn of agriculture.
In a formal complaint to the WTO, the US, EU and Japan have accused Beijing of trying to hold down prices for its domestic manufacturers.
The legal trading of ivory has not helped the elephant so there’s no reason to think the legal trading of rhino horn can be different.
International sanctions have a patchy history, and Iran’s oil elite have been dodging them for decades, writes <b>Peg Mackey</b>.
Artist Ai Weiwei has expressed his regret at contributing to China’s successful hosting of the 2008 Olympics by designing the National Stadium.
Are SA firms becoming more optimistic? Can Greece avoid a debt default? Has China tamed inflation? <b>Matt Quigley</b> considers the global economy.
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A new scheme has been created with the hope it will cool popular anger over high housing prices in China — but the numbers don’t add up enough.
Soaring purchases of gold bullion and the rising jewellery sales are helping China become the world’s biggest market for gold.
The state has allegedly urged French and Chinese nuclear companies to put in a bid for nuclear power stations, but the energy department denies this.