The authors are Goldman Sachs Gao Hua global economics research analysts Yu Song amd Li Cui China's December consumer price index (CPI) inflation data was below market expectations. December CPI went up 2.5% year-on-year, compared with Bloomberg consensus of 2.7% and our estimate of 2.4%. Producer price index (PPI) declined 1.4% in December, in line […]

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There is a trend across the region to bring decision-making into presidential or ministerial offices to better respond to the rapidly changing security environment

Chinese film director admits fathering three children in case that sparked complaints that celebrities were able to violate birth limits with impunity

An intensifying campaign against corruption and waste is starting to have an impact on inflation, with the growth in food prices slowing

The People’s Bank of China wants money market rates to remain high to encourage deleveraging, but it also does not want to cause undue alarm

Departure of senior director of credit rating agency, among the first to flag growth of China’s massive shadow banking sector, ends eight-year spell

With global trade talks deadlocked, mega-regional agreements seem poised to re-shape the world economy. But such agreements could lead to economic fragmentation, unless there is some consistency among them, they are backed by coherent national policies…

Private equity investors have struggled to exit investments because IPO markets have been sluggish in Asia broadly and closed in China

China's consumer price index (CPI) increased 2.5% in December 2013. Food prices went up 4.1% and non-food prices hiked 1.7%, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. CPI is up 2.6% in 2013 compared with 2012. Producer price index (PPI) declined 1.4% in December 2013. PPI was unchanged compared to November. PPI […]

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The author is Nomura economist Zhiwei Zhang The Chinese authorities are due to release a batch of December macro data over the next few weeks. We expect GDP growth to slow to 7.6% in the fourth quarter from 7.8% in the third quarter. Industrial production growth to trend down further to 9.7% in December from […]

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Boston-based global growth private equity firm TA Associates has promoted Edward Sippel and Naveen Wadhera to co-heads of Asia in its Hong Kong office, effective January 1, 2014, according to a company announcement. Sippel focuses on investments in the Asia Pacific region. He advised on TA’s 2013 investment in Nintex Group as well as earlier […]

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Kunshan, Jiangsu Province-based RiboQuark Pharmaceutical Technology has raised around RMB45 million ($7.5 million) in series A financing, according to media reports. Shanghai-based venture capital and private equity firm BVCF led the round. SBI Incubation, a subsidiary of SBI Group of Japan, Kunshan Industrial Technology Research Institute Investment and Kunshan Hongtu Hi-tech Venture Capital Management also […]

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Shanghai-based mobile game service provider MorningTec says that it has raised RMB50 million ($8.3 million) in series A funding from Haitong Creative Capital, according to a company announcement. MorningTec previously received seed funding from investors including PreAngel Fund. Founded in 2013, MorningTec focuses on mobile entertainment and new technology development of mobile application, with Stella […]

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French dairy group to seek compensation for hit to sales caused by a warning issued by Fonterra over potentially infected supplies of whey protein

Competition from South Korean and Chinese brands forces L’Oréal to drop its Garnier products in China, a week after Revlon announced its withdrawal

While the luxury carmaker’s global sales rose almost 20% in 2013, its sales in China fell 3%, compared with a 23% increase in the country in 2012

New evidence for the creative and technological flowering of the Ming period has emerged in recent archaeological discoveries, curators said

Hong Kong Customs apprehended a baby milk formula offender trying to escape from Hong Kong. According to the Hong Kong government, an unidentified woman pleaded guilty late last month at the Fanling Magistrates' Courts for illegally exporting powdered formula for infants and children under 36 months from Hong Kong, contravening the Import and Export (General) […]