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The Syrian peace talks that resume in Geneva on January 25 will take place under a framework set out in Vienna in October. Unfortunately, the framework includes no effort to address the biggest obstacle to lasting peace: ongoing attacks against civilia…

Japan claims Beijing trying to change the East China Sea status quo in growing quarrel

New York Stock Exchange-listed SouFun Holdings, backed by the Carlyle Group and IDG Capital Partners, says it has made progress on a domestic backdoor listing of its online media and financial service units via a reverse merger, says a company announcement. Two months ago, SouFun unveiled plans to acquire a controlling stake in Shanghai-listed shell […]

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Chinese rivals to GoPro and Nest devices not only look similar but perform well at a big discount

Chinese musicChina's Kugou.com and Kuwo.cn announced that they have reached a mutual licensing agreement with QQ Music to cover music copyrights …

China's urban worker pension plan faces nearly a RMB1 trillion (US$150 billion) funding gap in 2014, as the country's individual urban worker pension accounts reached an aggregate liability of RMB4.1 trillion while the actual balance of funds were RMB3.2 trillion, according to the China Pension Report 2015 release by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. […]

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Confusion over exchange rate policy sparked global market turmoil

A slump in property and other key asset values in China could destabilize the economy and the financial sector unless proper measures are in place to anchor investor confidence, according to a report issued by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today. "Corporate defaults are likely to increase as the central government gradually withdraws its implicit […]

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Chinese virtual reality headset maker Baofeng Mojing has raised RMB230 million (US$35 million) in its series B round led by CITIC Capital Holdings Ltd., according to Chinese media reports. Other investors including Chinese film production firm Huayi Brothers and Green Pine Capital Partners also participated in the round, which values the start-up at RMB1.4 billion […]

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IndiaSeveral Indian e-commerce start-ups, including Zomato, BookMyShow, and BigBasket, are reportedly in investment talks with China's largest search engine company. …

WeLab, a Hong Kong-based online lending start-up, has raised US$160 million in its series B funding round led by Malaysia's state fund Khazanah Nasional, according to an announcement. Other investors, including ING Bank and Guangdong Financial Technology Group, also participated. "WeLab’s business model is attractive because the company cooperates with financial institutions to provide banking […]

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In this episode of China Money Podcast, guest Chang Sun, founder and chairman of Black Soil Group Ltd., speaks to our host Nina Xiang about why he left private equity to start up his own agricultural business in Heilongjiang province. The former Asia head of Warburg Pincus also shares his plans to create social impact […]

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An artificial intelligence-enabled health data mining start-up, established six months ago by former chief executive of genome sequencing giant Beijing Genomic Institute (BGI), is raising RMB700 million (US$106 million) series A round at a valuation of RMB5 billion (US$760 million). Shanghai-listed Chinese cell and gene engineering firm Vcanbio Cell & Gene Engineering Corporation, Ltd. disclosed […]

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Britain should lead in condemning extraterritorial abductions

A counterweight to pessimism could come from sanctions lifting on Iran, writes Daniel Yergin