China’s leaders are committed to sweeping reforms that will stabilise the economy but also to a pace of growth that keeps that economy afloat

Many Chinese resent westerners who see ‘root causes’ of violence in the treatment of Xinjiang’s Uighur minority

The author is Becky Liu, senior rates strategist at Standard Chartered Bank We believe primary supply, Chinese currency's appreciation and the opening up of China’s domestic markets will drive the offshore RMB bond market, or dim sum bond market, this year. The rise of new offshore RMB centers and the development of onshore Free Trade […]

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Silicon Valley-based technology-focused venture capital firm Doll Capital Management (DCM) has closed its latest China-focused fund at $330 million, according to Chinese media reports. The fund, DCM Ventures China Fund (DCM VII), was launched in July 2013, with an initial fundraising target of $250 million. The fund will invest in the technology, media and telecom […]

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Hong Kong-listed Fosun International has entered into a share subscription agreement with Beijing-based Sanyuan Foods Co., Ltd. to acquire a 20.45% stake of the company for RMB$2 billion ($325 million), according to a company announcement. Fosun will subscribe 306 million ordinary A shares at RMB6.53 apiece via its subsidiary Shanghai Pingrun Investment Management and Shanghai […]

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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu won the 1996 election by mobilizing voters against his opponent’s alleged intention to “divide Jerusalem.” Nearly two decades later, he remains committed to old, vacuous slogans about a “united Jerusalem” – a conviction that could, yet again, unravel the Israel-Palestine peace process.

Defence spending will rise 12.2% in 2014 to Rmb808bn, continuing an almost unbroken string of double-digit annual increases over the past two decades

China’s premier calls pollution ‘nature’s red-light warning’ against inefficient development, as the legislature considers an environment tax

China’s National People’s Congress meets in Beijing

The author is Julian Evans-Pritchard, China economist at U.K. research firm Capital Economics China's policymakers are moving to encourage private investors to play a larger role in China's state sector. However, unless the government is willing to relax control over state firms, investors will have little power to influence management decisions and therefore the performance […]

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The author is Nomura economist Zhang Zhiwei The 12th National People‟s Congress convenes its second annual session on 5 March, likely concluding around mid-March. It is the first parliamentary session that President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang will preside over, having taken on the leadership mantle last March. From a policy perspective, the NPC […]

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The annual session of parliament in the second-largest economy sets out its 2014 agenda, which includes its target for growth and military spending

China’s official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined for the third consecutive month with a reading of 50.2 in February, the lowest level since last June, according to data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics. "While the drop of the PMI could be largely attributed to the festival effects, other indicators also point to a […]

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China is targeting economic growth of 7.5% this year, a dovish goal that could force the government to stimulate the economy in the coming months

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang warns Japan that no country will be allowed to ‘reverse the course of history’ as it announces a 12.2% defence budget increase

According to FT calculations, the richest members of China’s parliament saw their average wealth increase more than four times over the past eight years