The volume of surplus crude oil in China available for storage surged in April for a second straight month as imports stayed relatively high and refinery processing slipped.
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China property investment falls 10.3% y/y in January-April
Property investment in China fell 10.3% in the first four months of 2025 from a year earlier, following a drop of 9.9% in the first quarter, official data showed on Monday. Property sales by floor…
China April slowdown shows the impact of economic uncertainty
Trade war uncertainty is denting Chinese confidence, resulting in slower economic activity in April. Retail sales and fixed-asset investment both underperformed forecasts amid heightened caution. Yet …
Brazil hopes China, other countries may loosen trade bans over bird flu
Brazil’s poultry industry is reeling from the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm, but officials hope China and other major consumers will soon loosen countrywide bans on importing Brazil’s chicken.
China April industrial output, retail sales growth slow
China’s industrial output in April grew 6.1% from a year earlier, slowing from 7.7% growth in March, official data showed on Monday.
China’s April retail sales growth of 5.1% misses expectations as consumption remains a worry
Industrial output grew 6.1% in April, stronger than analysts’ expectations for a 5.5% rise, indicating the impact from U.S. tariffs was not particularly pronounced.
China’s April factory output, retail sales growth slow
Growth in China’s industrial output and retail sales slowed in April, official data showed on Monday, as a trade war threatened to dampen momentum in the world’s second-largest economy.
China new home prices unchanged in April, show no growth for nearly 2 years
China’s new home prices were unchanged in April from a month earlier for a second month, official data showed on Monday, signalling persistent downward pressure despite policymakers’ efforts to …
China’s spying efforts growing, with U.S. a top target
China’s Ministry of State Security is the world’s largest and most active spy agency — and it’s targeting the U.S.
How China recruits its spies in the U.S.
The largest spy agency in the world is now in China, with the U.S. its second-biggest target. The first? China’s own people – including those living abroad in the U.S.
FirstFT: Hong Kong stocks outpace mainland China by widest margin in decades
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Some Chinese firms mull Singapore IPOs, listings, placements as US trade war drags on
At least five companies from mainland China or Hong Kong are planning IPOs, dual listings, or share placements in Singapore in the next 12 to 18 months, four sources said, as Chinese firms look to…
China slaps anti-dumping duties on plastics from US, EU, Japan, Taiwan
China on Sunday announced anti-dumping duties as high as 74.9% on imports of POM copolymers, a type of engineering plastic, from the United States, the European Union, Japan and Taiwan.
