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Asia is the world’s most resource-poor continent, and its overexploitation of the resources that it does possess has created an environmental crisis that is contributing to regional climate change. This could have significant implications for Asia’s ostensibly unstoppable rise – and thus for the West’s supposedly inevitable decline.

It is now fashionable to be anti-establishment, and senior party officials worry they have lost control of public discourse, Jamil Anderlini says

Authorities announce a total of nine cases of a deadly new strain of avian influenza, raising fears over whether a new flu pandemic could be emerging

TWO Taiwanese banks in Shanghai are allowed to do wholesale yuan business on China's mainland, which may attract more lenders from the island to setup offices in the city.

THE biggest European bank HSBC and China's fifth-biggest lender Bank of Communications (BoCom) have teamed up to leverage their international and domestic strengths to deepen cooperation in cross-border yuan business.

SHANGHAI stocks declined for a third straight day amid a cautious sentiment ahead of the three-day Qingming Festival holiday.

In response to grumbles from China's monopolistic telecom operators, the country's industry regulator said last weekend it is possible that the operators will be allowed to impose fees on WeChat for signaling channel usage.

The recent BRICS summit in South Africa, with its announcement of plans for a new development bank, appeared to herald the group's transformation from a catchy acronym coined by investors into a viable organization. But the five BRICS countries remain …

TWELVE companies have agreed to invest a total of 14.4 billion yuan (US$2.32 billion) in Wuzhong District, Suzhou, as the local government aims to attract investment in the booming area in Jiangsu Province.

CONSUMER sentiment edged down in China last month as the drop in the confidence for the future offsets the improvement in consumer attitudes on current conditions, a private report showed today.

HONG Kong's initial public offering market witnessed a recovery in sentiment in the first quarter of this year when mainland market remained stagnant, an industry report showed today.

Viacom’s Paramount will make the movie with the government-run China Movie Channel and its online movie service partner, Jiaflix Enterprises

THE price of oil rose slightly yesterday as traders waited for the latest data on US supplies.

THE Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high yesterday after reports on auto sales and factory orders provided the latest evidence that the US economy is strengthening. Traders plowed money back into European stocks as the financial situation in Cyprus appeared to stabilize.

China's Shanda Games announced they have appointed Qian Donghai, former senior vice president for business development of Shanda Games, as the new president. Qian joined Shanda Games in 2009 as vice president for business development, and he was promot…

American fashion brand Forever 21 will reportedly open its first store in Coastal City, Shenzhen. A representative from Coastal City also confirmed the news and said the new store is expected to be launched this summer. Forever 21 is a popular fashion …

As the experience of Japan has shown, managing a shift from a high-growth model to a lower-growth model is very tricky, writes Martin Wolf

CYPRIOT Finance Minister Michael Sarris quit yesterday after concluding talks with foreign lenders on a bailout that forced the island to slap unprecedented losses on bank depositors in return for aid.