Xi's $270 billion Middle East bet limits China support for IranChina's substantial investments across the Middle East, particularly in green tech and tourism, are now jeopardized by regional conflict. D...
10 Apr, 2026, 08.27 AM IST
A rookie trader’s rapid 84% wipeout shows the depth of China’s gold bustChinese traders, from homemakers to hedge funds, experienced significant losses after a rapid market reversal in precious metals. A 42-year...
03 Feb, 2026, 07.36 AM IST
Dangerous side effects of viral weight-loss injection: Woman vomits blood after trusting shots claiming ‘lose 3.5 kg fast’A 28-year-old woman in Suzhou nearly died after using an unregulated weight loss injection bought online. The product, containing illegally...
09 Dec, 2025, 03.15 PM IST
'Millionaire' fraudster: How a homeless man used prop money to trick multiple women into funding his 'luxury life'A shocking scam unfolded in Shanghai where a homeless man posed as a millionaire nightclub owner. Over ten days, he convinced at least five...
28 Nov, 2025, 10.03 PM IST
Rooms of their own: women-only communities thrive in ChinaIn China, women are increasingly seeking refuge and community in single-gender spaces like co-living cottages and cultural hubs. These spac...
18 Aug, 2025, 08.03 AM IST
China ex-central bankers warn of long currency war with USThe PBOC allowed the yuan to weaken below 7 to the dollar this week, prompting the US to accuse China of currency manipulation.
11 Aug, 2019, 12.40 PM IST
China, Japan defy textbook theories as falling currencies fail to lift exportsThat tepid demand means factories are yet to get a sustained shot in the arm from a currency that’s weakened 9 per cent against the dollar ...
01 Nov, 2016, 10.32 AM IST
PBOC Deputy governor says Beijing to improve offshore market policiesChen Yulu said at a conference in Beijing on Sunday, adding that the authority will improve the policy framework for the yuan’s offshore ma...
25 Jul, 2016, 03.24 AM IST
KFC to open its first restaurant in TibetKFC signed a contract with a shopping mall in downtown Lhasa, capital of the region, to open the first restaurant in Tibet by the end of Ja...
09 Dec, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
China sets up world's largest cancer registryAt least three million people develop cancer each year in China, and the registry is expected to expand to include 40 per cent of the natio...
13 Jul, 2015, 08.28 PM IST
China needs $1.3 trillion investment for environmental cleanupChina today said it needs $1.3 trillion investments in the next few years to clean up its environment, with pollution control emerging as o...
07 Mar, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
China's RMB swiftly developing as major world currency: ReportChina renminbi is on track to become the third-largest international currency behind US dollar & euro within % yrs as the eastern nation ac...
21 Jul, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
China's corporate debt ratio at dangerous levels: ExpertsChina's corporate debt-to-GDP ratio stood at 107% in 2011, the highest in the world, said Li Yang, vice- president of the Chinese Academy o...
07 Aug, 2012, 04.34 PM IST
- China's economy likely to bottom out in Q2
China's economic expansion slid to 8.1% in the first three months of the year from a year earlier, the fifth quarterly deceleration.
18 Jun, 2012, 03.44 AM IST
- Reform of yuan, fiscal stimulus to continue: China
China will continue with the reform of its currency, the yuan (also known as the renminbi), and keep its fiscal stimulus in place for now, ...
22 May, 2010, 01.16 PM IST
- China warns US against sanctions over currency
US is pressing China to ease controls that have kept yuan steady against the dollar to help its companies compete amid weak global demand. ...
21 Mar, 2010, 09.40 PM IST
- Shrinking trade surplus eases yuan pressure
Top Chinese officials said the nation’s trade surplus is shrinking and urged caution in exiting crisis policies, suggesting that the yuan m...
09 Mar, 2010, 02.41 AM IST