Shenzhen-based internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd is to acquire a 15% stake in Beijing-based e-commerce firm JD.com for $214.7 million, according to a joint announcement of the two companies. In an agreed strategic cooperation between the two companies, JD will acquire 100% interests in Tencent's QQ Wanggou B2C and PaiPai C2C marketplace businesses, logistics personnel […]

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Three days after a Malaysia Airlines aircraft disappeared over the South China Sea there is still no sign of any wreckage or reason

In geopolitical terms, Russia and China are reenacting nineteenth-century norms. Ironically, a nineteenth-century response, featuring balance-of-power politics and the rearmament of Europe and Japan, may be required to uphold the postwar international …

In recent centuries, the nation has been the collectivity for which most people were willing to make sacrifices, and even to die, and most political leaders have seen their primary obligations to be national in scope. In a world of globalization, howev…

In this episode of China Money Podcast, our featured guest is Goodwin Gaw, managing principal and founder of Hong Kong-based private real estate management firm, Gaw Capital, which manages $7.5 billion. Gaw talked with our host, Nina Xiang, about where in the Chinese property market he sees price corrections this year, why his firm is […]

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China’s February consumer price index (CPI) fell to a 2.0% increase year-on-year, lower than January's 2.5% climb, as food prices surprisingly remained flat during the Chinese New Year period, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. China's producer price index (PPI) inflation also came in lower than expected, declining 2.0% year-on-year in […]

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Talks that were rumored last month to be in action have now been confirmed as Tencent has taken a 15% stake in Chinese upstart e-commerce firm JD.com for about USD215 million. The investment puts both Tencent and JD.com in a better position to fight China's e-commerce leader Alibaba, and Alibaba's consumer trading site Taobao.com, which […]

LG Chem, one of the largest chemical companies in South Korea, is considering building an electric car battery plant in China. LG Chem believes that the Chinese government will take measures to reduce pollution, which will increase market demand for electric cars. LG Chem has produced batteries for electric cars made by GM and Renault. […]

Chinese group buying service website Didatuan.com will formally close its group buying business on March 31, 2014, and will transform its brand to a new business model in the future. Founded by Song Zhongjie, former sales general manager of Google China, in July 2010, Didatuan.com completed its integration with Velo, a Chinese coupon provider, at […]

Chinese Internet company Sohu announced just before the March 8 Women's Day holiday that the company's joint president and chief operating officer Wang Xin will depart due to personal reasons after serving the company for 15 years. Joining Sohu in 1999, Wang is reportedly the core executive who has been with the company for the […]

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