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Girl, two, left lying in street after crash dies

21.10.11
A toddler who was run over by two vans and then ignored by passers-by on a busy street in China has died... more

The Yellow Sea - review

21.10.11
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

Global recovery fears as Chinese growth plunges

18.10.11
Fears of a hard landing for China's surging economy mount as Beijing spooks stock markets with much weaker-than-expected growth... more

Ferrexpo leaps as rumours of a takeover keep on swirling

14.10.11
The gossips and analysts were at loggerheads over Ferrexpo today as the bid favourite jumped to the top of the mid-tier index... more

How many stores? Esprit shares fall amid exaggeration rumours

12.10.11
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 to build $200m factory in China

10.10.11
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

Walker Greenbank is on a roll thanks to exports

04.10.11
Luxury wallpaper and soft furnishings group Walker Greenbank shines as a beacon of manufacturing success in the UK with a 13% rise in profits... more

Burberry finds itself falling out of fashion on China worries

03.10.11
Increased fears for the growth prospects of Burberry's major market China means the upmarket retailer has now lost more than 25% of its value... more

De Beers expects record growth as diamond markets buck global downturn

19.09.11
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

Six die in Chinese axeman rampage

14.09.11
A man with an axe hacked to death six people, including a young girl, in China today... more

Demand for Cartier watches ensure good times for Richemont

07.09.11
The world's second-largest luxury goods group posted a better than expected 35 percent rise in five-month sales at constant exchange rates... more

C-charge goes East

02.09.11
Beijing plans to impose a London-style congestion charge to ease chronic traffic jams and cut pollution... more

City Spy: A nightmare in the Dream Room?

23.08.11
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

City Spy: Anthony Bolton makes his mind up on China

19.08.11
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

Manchurian Legends, W1 - review

11.08.11
From the restaurant group Hi Sushi comes Manchurian Legends, homing in on Dongbei food from NorthEast China... more

Vietnamese 'sold kidneys to China'

10.08.11
Police in southern Vietnam have charged three men and a woman with trafficking people to China to sell their kidneys... more

Police 'kill 20' at China demo

19.07.11
Up to 20 people are killed in fighting between police and protesters in north-east China ... more

China: calm after the storm

13.07.11
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

British business boost in China deal

27.06.11
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

Chinese fraud fears grow among top accountants

24.06.11
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

Artist Ai Weiwei released by Chinese authorities

22.06.11
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

Chinese officials flee with £76bn

17.06.11
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

Vietnam 'show of force' angers China

13.06.11
Vietnam has raised tensions in a dispute with China by holding live-fire naval drills near disputed waters in the South China Sea... more

Vengeance is po-faced in Kung Fu Panda II

10.06.11
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

Now China has a taste for the champagne lifestyle

07.06.11
Is the cost of a good suit about to soar even further? Wool prices have reached an all-time high, up 80 per cent in the past year... more

As UK and US slip, China will become banking king by 2023

03.06.11
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

Copper miner Kazakhmys blames weak share price for secondary listing

27.05.11
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

Powerful presence of China's detained dissident Ai Weiwei

12.05.11
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

The Bank forecasts uncertain times ahead

11.05.11
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

Unilever fined for China talk

06.05.11
Inflation is a problem the world over, but don't say so out loud in China... more


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