China faces a critical labour shortage caused largely by 30 years of restricting family size, leading to an increasingly public debate on the issue

Regulator gives Charoen Pokphand Group of Thailand green light to complete its $9.4bn acquisition of a 15.6% stake in Chinese private insurer

Official Chinese PMI data show growth in manufacturing sector dipped in January as country prepares for start of lunar new year celebrations

Part of an elevated motorway has been destroyed in central China after a lorry carrying fireworks for Chinese New Year celebrations exploded

Beijing’s traditional policy of encouraging urbanisation through greater infrastructure investment is getting ever diminishing returns

The austerity drive of the Chinese leadership has led government departments to cancel or radically scale back new year festivities this year

MAJOR Chinese steel companies struggled last year to make even a fraction of the profits they posted in 2011 as slowing demand and high costs squeezed their margins, according to figures released yesterday.

CHINA'S steel industry supports Brazilian mining giant Vale SA's mega ships if it could lead to lower iron ore prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said yesterday.