Beijing delays $44bn takeover with demand for better remedies on competition

Doctor arrested in January after he called Hongmao liquor ‘poison’

Failure to support an indispensable ally will have consequences

Network of agents said to be working mainly in China and Russia to evade restrictions

Investors unsettled by decision to lift foreign investment restrictions

Huarong chief is latest ‘financial crocodile’ to fall in anti-corruption campaign

State-run agencies under suspicion as thousands of new accounts emerge

In a sign of the shifting balance of power, Islamabad now purchases much of its advanced military equipment from Beijing

Negative rates and QE have driven European investors into US corporate and government bonds

Live fire drills send warning to Taipei over greater independence and closer US ties

Regulator has detailed reason for stopping HNA’s UDC acquisition

Young Chinese people are rebelling against their parents in their personal, professional, and political lives

Move follows weak lending volumes last month and signs that economy is slowing

Beijing accompanies new carrot for Trump with stick of raised sorghum tariffs

Boost eases fears Beijing will dump US government debt in retaliation for tariffs