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China stocks set for biggest weekly loss in 5 months as Sino-US tensions flare up

The blue-chip CSI300 Index dropped 1.3 per cent to 4,875.26 points, on track to fall more than 3.7 per cent for the week - the biggest week...

Volkswagen explores new sales model for electric models in China

Volkswagen AG is launching another sales model in China that will see the automaker open showrooms in city centres for electric vehicles (E...

Alibaba records billions in sales as China's first post-virus Singles' Day kicks off

This year's shopping extravaganza comes a week after Alibaba lost almost $76 billion of its market value following China's suspension of th...

Jack Ma: Ebullient billionaire and totem of China's rise

Jack Ma, the ebullient and unconventional billionaire founder of tech giant Alibaba, now finds himself battling the ignominy of having the ...

Alibaba’s secret three-year experiment to remake outdated factories

Alibaba’s path to smart manufacturing starts with garments, a market worth 2.2 trillion yuan ($328 billion) in China last year based on Eur...

3-year experiment helps Alibaba reinvent factories

After helping more than a million brick-and-mortar Chinese retailers modernise their operations, Alibaba Group Holding has now set its sigh...

Trump administration to consider adding China's Ant Group to trade blacklist: Sources

The move comes as China hardliners in the Trump administration are seeking to send a message to deter U.S. investors from taking part in th...

China stocks end higher as stimulus hopes offset Sino-US worries

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.22% at 2,852.35, while the blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.27%.

Why open a store? Chinese merchants go live-streaming instead

These days, shoppers are making their way back to once deserted malls and shops as China emerges from its long winter of coronavirus shutdo...

Alibaba to invest $28 bln in cloud services after coronavirus boosted demand

The company said in a statement it will spend the funds on semiconductor and operating system development as well as building out its data ...

What returning to work will look like in offices, cafes and factories around the world

From cubicles to factory floors, cafes to clothing boutiques, businesses around the world are dreaming up creative ways to reopen, attempti...

A global consumer default wave is just getting started in China

In China, indicators aren’t pretty. Overdue credit-card debt swelled last month by 50% from a year earlier.

China-made phones, tablets tainted by coerced Uighur labor

Over the past four years, the Chinese government has detained more than a million people from the far west Xinjiang region, most of them Ui...

PepsiCo buys Chinese snack brand Be & Cheery for $705 million

The U.S. multinational food and beverage maker said the acquisition of Be & Cheery, which sells snacks from nuts to dried fruits mainly on ...

How technology saved China’s economy

China may be using technology for surveillance, but it has also created a new engine of growth

At Alibaba's FlyZoo futuristic hotel, robots run the show

Alibaba’s FlyZoo hotel with its range of AI intelligent services in the 290-room property in Hangzhou will transcend you into a world where...

OmniPork: This vegan meat substitute may be the 'safe' answer to China's pork problems

Featured at the 2019 edition of Taobao Maker Festival, Hong Kong startup Green Monday prepared Chinese cuisine every day for attendees to t...