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Deflation fears grow in China
Business, Reuters, Published on 11/09/2015
» BEIJING: China's manufacturers slashed prices at the fastest rate in six years in August as commodity prices fell and demand cooled, signalling stubborn deflation risks in the economy and adding to expectations for further stimulus measures.
Thousands expected at Jakarta labour protest Tuesday
Reuters, Published on 31/08/2015
» JAKARTA — Indonesian trade unions expect tens of thousands of workers to call for higher wages at a mass protest against job cuts on Tuesday, upping pressure on the government as it struggles to kick-start an economy growing at its slowest in six years.
China lets yuan fall further
Reuters, Published on 13/08/2015
» SHANGHAI - China's currency fell to a four-year low on Thursday, slumping for a third consecutive day, after a central bank devaluation that began on Tuesday, and government sources believe the yuan may be allowed to slide even further to help the country's exporters.
China wants no talk of S. China Sea at Asean meet
Reuters, Published on 03/08/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR – Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Mr Liu Zhenmin said on Monday the disputed South China Sea should not be discussed at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Oil cartel moots $75-80 as new 'fair' price
Business, Reuters, Published on 05/06/2015
» VIENNA: Nearly a year after oil markets entered a deep downward spiral, unmoored from the $100-a-barrel mark that had anchored them for years, some Opec members are publicly talking for the first time about a new "fair" price for their crude.
China April factory output misses forecasts
Reuters, Published on 13/05/2015
» BEIJING — China's factory output rose 5.9% in April compared with the same period last year, slightly below forecasts and reinforcing expectations that the government will have to step up its efforts to boost the cooling economy.
China building airstrip on contested Spratlys reef
Reuters, Published on 17/04/2015
» WASHINGTON - Satellite images show China has begun building its first airstrip in contested territory in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea and may be working on another, a leading defence publication reported on Thursday.
China freezes accounts of metals-trading giant Trafigura
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2015
» BEIJING – Chinese police have frozen two bank accounts held by Trafigura, one of the world's three largest private oil and metals traders, as the authorities investigate an alleged $32 million gasoline-trade fraud, according to three sources.
China convicts 81-year-old critic
Reuters, Published on 25/02/2015
» BEIJING — A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced an 81-year-old writer to jail on a charge of illegal business after he criticised the ruling Communist Party's propaganda chief in online essays, but the sentence was suspended, his lawyer said.
China stocks top performers in 2014
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2014
» SYDNEY — Chinese stocks were celebrating their best year in five on Wednesday while markets elsewhere in Asia were ending 2014 on a cautionary note as worries about Greece's future in the euro zone served as an excuse to take profits on crowded trades.