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China tested two hypersonic weapons this summer, says report

If the hypersonic tests are eventually confirmed, it would sharpen rising worries in the West about China's rapidly modernizing military technology, particularly its growing arsenal of missiles

India extremely expensive says UBS, even as it gives China a double upgrade

The brokerage has an 'underweight' stance on India along with Taiwan and Australia (just downgraded from neutral)

Enter the dragon: 75% loans to govts were from China post 2008 crisis

54 per cent of total loans given to African govts, 20 per cent each to governments in Asia and the Americas

Olympic flame arrives in Beijing amid boycott calls from critics

The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday amid calls from overseas critics for a boycott of the Feb. 4-20 Winter Games. Beijing's Communist Party Secretary Cai Qi, the top official in the Chinese capital, received the flame at a closely-guarded airport ceremony. Beijing successfully hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, although the event failed to produce the more open political and social environment in China that many had hoped for. Activist groups disrupted the flame lighting ceremony in southern Greece on Monday, accusing the International Olympic Committee of granting legitimacy to rights abuses in China. IOC officials have said they are committed to seeing the competition go ahead and that rights issues are not part of their remit. Speaking in the ancient stadium of Olympia, IOC President Thomas Bach said the Games must be respected as politically neutral ground. Activists on Tuesday said human rights in China have deteriorated since 2008, claiming that the Summer Ga

Jack Ma in Europe, makes first trip abroad after China's crackdown on firm

Before flying to Europe, Ma was in Hong Kong to spend low-key private time with his family.

China's prosperity goals and the world

Xi Jinping's new vision for the economy means less prosperity for people globally

Tech giant Alibaba unveils one of China's most advanced chips

Alibaba is one of a number of Chinese firms that has answered Beijing's call to invest in the development of cutting-edge technologies and manufacturing capacities.

BofA fund manager survey least bullish since Oct 2020, cash at 12-mth high

Finds investors are increasingly worried about global growth expectations, stagflation and China

Energy crunch hits global recovery as winter approaches: Report

And fears are rising that Europe will have to ration electricity if it's a cold winter

China's Xi vows tighter oversight of tech firms, digital economy

The wide-ranging crackdown has covered much of the vast digital industry

Dalian iron ore futures claw back on falling shipments from miners

Benchmark iron ore futures on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange recovered from four consecutive sessions of losses on Tuesday

China Evergrande makes onshore coupon payment: Report

The liquidity crisis at Evergrande, which has $300 billion in debt and has missed a series in bond payments, has roiled global markets.

Chinese property bonds firm after Kaisa and Sunac make coupon payments

Chinese property bonds remained firm on Tuesday after the two major developers made coupon payments

China likely to allow rivals access Tencent, ByteDance content

It's also considering making short videos from ByteDance's Douyin - TikTok's Chinese cousin - show up in searches

China's economy stumbles on power crunch and property woes

Q3 GDP grows 4.9% YoY vs 5.2% forecast

Wall Street: Dow falls 140 pts on slowing China growth, inflation worries

Disney slips as Barclays downgrades to 'equal weight'; energy shares gain as Brent crude tops $85

China's Communist Party to hold key meet in Nov ahead of leadership change

The 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will hold its sixth plenary session in Beijing from November 8 to 11

China says it tested hypersonic 'vehicle', not 'missile'

The Financial Times reported on Sunday that China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the globe before speeding towards its target

World shares dip as China growth disappoints, oil extends rally

Calls by China's President Xi Jinping on Friday to make progress on a long-awaited property tax to help reduce wealth gaps also soured the mood.

China's economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown

China's economic growth sank in the latest quarter a a slowdown in construction and curbs on energy use weighed on its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The world's second-largest economy grew by 4.9% over a year ago in the three months ending in September, down from the previous quarter's 7.9%, government data showed Monday. Factory production, retail sales and investment in construction and other fixed assets all weakened. Construction, an industry that supports millions of jobs, has slowed since regulators tightened control last year over borrowing by developers. One of the biggest, Evergrande Group, is struggling to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars owed to bondholders. That has fuelled fears about the health of other developers, though economists say the threat to global financial markets is small. Manufacturing also was hampered in September by power cuts imposed by some major provinces to avoid exceeding official efficiency goals. Private sector forecasters hav