BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China's stock market regulator has approved the initial public offering (IPO) applications of 10 companies. The companies will be allowed to raise up to 5.1 billion yuan (about 741.9 million U.S. dollars), China Securities ... ( read original story ...)
China fears North Korea-US conflict 'at any moment'
China has warned that "conflict could break out at any moment ... reported in English by North Korea's official news agency, KCNA. The US president has recently demonstrated his willingness to resort to military methods. He ordered a cruise missile ... ( read original story ...)
China's shadow banking rebounds in March, household loans surge despite curbs
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banks unexpectedly extended less credit in March than in the previous month as the government tries to contain the risks from an explosive build-up in debt and an overheating housing market. But aggregate financing, which ... ( read original story ...)
China says North Korea tension has to be stopped before ‘irreversible’ stage
China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped ... has entered the path of open threat and blackmail,” the North’s KCNA news agency quoted the military as saying in a statement. “The army and people of the DPRK will as ever ... ( read original story ...)
China’s history with missionaries forms modern Canada relations
They left Canada in 1891 with dreams of bringing medicine and the Christian gospel to distant China and returned home decades later in the tumult of a Communist Revolution that smothered memories of what they had done. Now, more than a century after a ... ( read original story ...)
Trump admin. declines to brand China a currency manipulator
WASHINGTON -- The United States has declined to label China a currency manipulator despite U.S. President Donald Trump's insistent pledge during the election campaign that he would do so as soon as he took office. Instead, the first currency review of the ... ( read original story ...)
China to allow multi-brand car dealerships to boost retailers' competitiveness
BEIJING China will allow car dealers to sell brands from multiple manufacturers under new rules that go into effect on July 1, commerce ministry officials said on Friday, aiming to boost vehicle retailers' competitiveness as economic growth slows. ( read original story ...)
U.S. business wary of skin-deep results from Trump-Xi trade talks
Business executives are also worried that President Donald Trump's focus on curtailing North Korea's nuclear and missile programs could undercut U.S. commercial interests in China. Days after Trump's meeting with President Xi Jinping, Trump tweeted that ... ( read original story ...)
China Unicom stock drops on mixed-ownership failure
China Unicom, one of the three major telecom operators in China, announced on Wednesday that it is poised to invite private-sector investors to the government-backed company - a test case that serves as the country's reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). ( read original story ...)
China's Hainan latest to impose new curbs on real estate investment
SHANGHAI, April 14 China's southern island province of Hainan has drawn up measures to clamp down on real estate speculation, the official Hainan Daily newspaper reported, the latest in a flurry of steps to tame hot property prices. Cities across China ... ( read original story ...)