China's total retail sales increased 11.9% year-on-year in April, slower than March's growth of 12.2%, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China. During the first four months, the country's retail sales grew 12% year-on-year. In April, industrial production grew 8.7%, lower than March's expansion of 8.8%. The gauge increased 8.7% […]

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China's total social financing fell to RMB1.55 trillion in April from RMB2.07 trillion in the month before, according to data released by the People's Bank of China. The number came in largely in line with market expectations of RMB1.48 trillion. The number is mainly dragged down by new RMB loans, which fell to RMB774.7 billion […]

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US Treasury secretary Jack Lew urges Beijing to act after renminbi’s 4% slide against the dollar this year

Shanghai-based Chinese intelligent digital marketing service Adsame Networks Technology Inc. says it has received US$30 million series C financing led by Pacific Venture Partners and Dream Capital Group, according to a company announcement. Existing investors including Matrix Partners and Vertex Ventures also participated. Adsame says it will use the proceeds on expanding its digital marketing […]

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Nanjing, Jiangsu province-based Chinese travel and tour service provider Tuniu Corporation priced its U.S. IPO at US$9.0 per American Depository Share (ADS), raising a total of US$72 million. Its shares began trading on the NASDAQ on May 9 under ticker symbol "TOUR". Its final IPO size is 40% smaller than its originally planned US$120 million […]

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Beijing-headquartered Chinese e-commerce operator JD.com, Inc. is planning to offer 93.7 million American Depository Shares (ADS) for US$16 to US$18 apiece on the NASDAQ, raising a maximum of US$1.7 billion, according to a regulatory filing submitted on May 9. The latest filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission raised JD.com's total fundraising target from […]

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Real estate investment is the most important economic driver but in the first four months newly started construction projects fell 22.1 per cent compared with a year earlier

The US-led sanctions strategy against the Kremlin will neither deescalate the tensions between the West and Russia nor bolster the imperiled pro-Western Ukrainian government. So the best path forward for the West is to offer more carrots for Ukraine, r…

Private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners announced that they have gained the approval of related authorities to acquire the Sichuan cuisine restaurant brand South Beauty. After the acquisition, Zhang Lan will continue to hold the chairman position of South Beauty. As a member of the board, she will be in charge of […]

An oversupply of housing, driven by the need for economic growth, is denting prices even in top-tier cities in an ominous sign for the whole economy

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has set up a film company in Hong Kong called Alibaba Pictures Group, according to a regulatory filing. This is yet another step Alibaba took to establish a dominant digital media and entertainment presence in China. The move follows a deal in April, where a company owned by […]

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The author is Jian Chang, chief China economist at Barclays Sentiment in China’s property market has deteriorated rapidly amid daily news reports of stories about unsold homes, steep price cuts, troubled developers, and potentially massive real estate-related trust defaults. We think tighter monetary financing conditions in the second half of 2013, overbuilding and increased developer […]

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The author is Chris Rynning, CEO and founder of Beijing-based private equity firm Origo Partners While investors globally are worried about a financial blowout in China, the U.S. economy has quietly positioned itself as the real threat to the global economy. I believe that the world is overly concerned about Chinese shadow banking, local government […]

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Taiwanese PC maker Acer Group published its performance results for the first quarter of 2014, stating that due to large cost reduction, the company achieved profit during the reporting period. Acer said that in the first quarter of 2014, the company gained net profit of NTD1 million, which was about USD40,000. Prior to this, analysts […]

The author is Nomura economist Zhang Zhiwei China's M2 growth rebounded to 13.2% year-on-year in April, up from 12.1% in March, higher than the market expectation of 12.2％. It is partly due to favorable base effects as the M2 level unusually fell from March to April last year. Total social financing fell to RMB1.55 trillion […]

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If activity levels and prices weaken further, Beijing’s resolve not to respond with traditional stimulus programmes is unlikely to hold