In November, China's consumer price index (CPI) increased 3.0% year-on-year. On a month-on-month basis, CPI was down 0.1%. Food prices hiked 5.9%. Non-food prices were up 1.6%. Consumer product prices increased 2.9% and services prices rose 3.2%。 From January to November, average CPI was up 2.6% year-on-year, unchanged from October. China's producer price index (PPI) […]

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Beijing-based online business activity platform Virtual Hall (VHALL) says the company has raised tens of millions U.S. dollar in series A funding. Legend Capital led the round. Three unidentified Chinese venture capital investors also participated. Founded in 2010, Virtual Hall offers technology service relating to virtual event and online broadcasting with independent intellectual property right. […]

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Experts no longer talk of Syria's civil war lasting months; they speak in terms of years, or even decades. As a result, lessening the horrors of the conflict and its consequences requires thinking not only about emergency action to save lives, but also…

With executive authority increasingly in the hands of elected representatives, Pakistan's government has taken three important steps toward strengthening democracy and the rule of law. This would put Pakistan on sounder political footing than several o…

South Korea’s air zone widening takes it into the corresponding Japanese area at a potentially provocative time when relations with Tokyo are fraught

Country’s producer prices remain in deflationary territory, dropping 1.4% year-on-year, though that is up slightly from October’s 1.5% decline

About 44% of limited partners (LPs) believe private equity has become more attractive in the volatile post financial crisis world. Only 12% of investors think it has become less attractive, according to a study released by private equity secondaries specialist Coller Capital. About 37% of LPs are planning to increase their allocation to private equity […]

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Five Chinese government units, including the People's Bank of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Banking Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, and China Insurance Regulatory Commission, have jointly issued a notice about preventing risks against Bitcoin speculation. Though the warnings were not full condemnations of the cyptocurrency, sell prices on exchanges as […]

China's imports and exports in November reached $370.6 billion, up 9.3% year-on-year, much higher than expected. Chinese exports hit $202.2 billion, up 12.7%, setting a historical record. Chinese imports was $168.4 billion, up 5.3%, according to China's General Administration of Customs. In November, China's trade surplus expanded 73.4% to $33.8 billion. For the first eleven […]

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Pisa tests make grim reading in the west but are only one measure of school performance and the link between education and economic success is unclear