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Global stocks held steady after the Federal Reserve’s policy statement acknowledged global risks, reducing the chances of a March rate hike to 18 percent, according to Bloomberg data, compared with
Taiwan’s president, defying a rare criticism from key ally the United States, visited an island in the disputed South China Sea yesterday to emphasize Taiwan’s sovereignty claims in the increasingly
The Chinese mainland earlier this week denied setting a cap on the number of tourists that can visit Taiwan, instead pointing to market behavior as the reason for a recent
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is withdrawing his works from two museums in Denmark to protest a new law that allows Danish authorities to seize valuables from migrants. Ai announced
An international arbitration case over the disputed South China Sea that has been boycotted by China will “settle once and for all” whether artificial reefs are entitled to territorial waters,
Aluminum and zinc were the best performers among base metals as Chinese leaders pledged to boost demand in its flagging economy. Most mining stocks fell in London trading. Aluminum climbed 1
The United States and China sparred yesterday on how to deal with North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test and ease rising tensions over territorial disputes in the South China Sea. After meeting for more than
Taiwan held small-scale military drills on an island it controls just off the Chinese coast yesterday, in a renewed signal of its determination to defend itself from Chinese threats. The head
While the People’s Bank of China would like to control the yuan’s decline, those holding assets denominated in the currency could sell to avoid losses, Adrian Mowat said in an
China’s anti-graft agency announced yesterday that the head of the country’s National Bureau of Statistics is being investigated for severe disciplinary violations, a phrase which usually refers to corruption. The announcement
China’s government has released and deported a Swedish man it accused of training and funding unlicensed lawyers in the country, after he made an extraordinary confession broadcast on state television. Swedish
Oil dropped after Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, said low prices won’t reduce its spending on energy projects and China’s diesel consumption dropped for a fourth consecutive month. Futures
A Chinese fugitive arrested in Hong Kong in connection with the slayings of his teenage nephews in California told a court yesterday he won’t fight extradition to the United States. Shi
The prime minister of communist Laos assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday that this small nation will help counter China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. Laos this year
Two Chinese citizens have been killed and one injured in a suspected bomb attack in central Laos, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday, a mountainous area that in recent
“Growth rate will be worse than last year,” K.C. Chan, Hong Kong’s secretary for financial services and the treasury, said in an interview with Commercial Radio Hong Kong on Saturday. “Our
China plans to gradually reduce the amount of subsidies for new-energy vehicles and will stop providing financial assistance after 2020, according to Finance Minister Lou Jiwei. Chinese automobile companies are overly reliant
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday he hopes to open a “new chapter” in relations with Iran after the lifting of international sanctions under a historic nuclear deal, as he
It is the latest twist in the disappearances of British citizen Lee Bo and four of his colleagues that have intensified fears that Beijing is clamping down on Hong Kong’s
A Chinese journalist who said he was fed up with a life as a government informant and fled China last year has been missing from Thailand since Jan. 11, his wife said
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