Korean thrillers generally mix acute realism with flamboyant strokes of imagination. And Na Hong-jin's lengthy film is a good example of an Eastern genre that matches anything the West could achieve... more
Shares of fashion chain Esprit fall more than 13 percent following a media report that the company has exaggerated the number of its stores in China... more
AstraZeneca shows its appetite for grabbing a larger slice of China's $41 billion (£26 billion) pharmaceuticals market, announcing the country will become home to the most expensive factory it has ever built... more
Diamond producer De Beers expects global demand growth for rough diamonds to set a new record this year on the exceptionally strong performance of its key U.S. market and robust demand in China and India, the head of the company's distribution arm has said... more
CMC Markets made a brave call on Friday, picking an incredibly choppy day of market turmoil for the launch of the first of its monthly Trader Days to sharpen the wheeler-dealing skills of its existing clientele... more
Anthony Bolton, Fidelity's star fund manager, decamped to Hong Kong last year to manage his firm's new China Special Situations fund investing in Chinese businesses... more
China's breakneck growth slowed slightly between April and June but experts warn of more interest rate hikes on the way as Beijing bids to get a grip on inflation... more
David Cameron will play host to Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in Downing Street at a summit expected to seal more than £1 billion of deals for British business... more
Accountancy giants are growing increasingly concerned about the growing risk of a major scandal from their audits of Chinese businesses floating on western stock markets... more
World-famous artist and political activist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail after more than two and a half months of being held by authorities in China... more
Thousands of corrupt Chinese officials have stolen more than 800 billion yuan (£76 billion) and fled overseas, mainly to America, since the mid-Nineties, according to China's central bank... more
The computer animation in Kung Fu Panda II is bright and inventive throughout: 3D aerial views of the battle of Gongmen City vie with sets, costumes and misty landscapes so carefully constructed they look real... more
China could leapfrog the United States to become the world's largest banking economy by 2023, 20 years earlier than expected, raising pressure on western banks to brush off the effects of the credit crisis and head east... more
Kazakhmys has decides against raising $200 million by issuing new shares when it lists in Hong Kong, blaming a weak share price after volatility on commodity markets battered the sector... more
These two exhibitions of Ai Weiwei's work are inseparable from his current situation, and the Lisson Gallery's mini-retrospective has acquired a particularly menacing tone... more
Today's predictions for increased inflation and reduced growth prospects by the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, are not going to help an already gloomy economic mood... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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