China

Sport

Bolt and Gatlin ready for 200 metre final at Beijing

Julius Yego has added another medal for Kenya at the IAAF Championships in Beijing. The Kenyan threw an incredible 92.72 metres to take the gold

26/08/2015

Business Line

The Great Fall of China and what it means for the rest of the world

The Great Fall of China Hundreds of billions wiped off the world’s financial markets at the beginning of the week, as a Chinese rout sent shares

26/08/2015

Sport

IAAF Championships Beijing: Two Kenyan runners test positive for doping

26/08/2015

Markets

Chinese investors remain fearful as market volatility continues

Chinese shares are struggling to recover as investors remain fearful that the latest interest rate cut will not be enough to stabilise its slowing

26/08/2015

Business Series

Global markets hit turbulence amid mounting fears of China slowdown

In this edition of Business Middle East, we analyse the turbulence engulfing global markets. Signs of an economic slowdown in China are stacking up

25/08/2015

Sport

Fraser-Pryce retains 100m world title

Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce retained her 100 metres title at the World Athletic’s championships in Beijing. The 28-year-old narrowly held off a

24/08/2015

Economy

Oil prices keep on falling

Crude oil prices fell below 45 dollars (38.8 euros) a barrel on Monday, their lowest level in over six years. Analysts say the price reflects a

24/08/2015

Markets

China's 'Black Monday' a symptom of wider malaise in the world's second largest economy

In China markets did not just stumble overnight on Monday, they tumbled. The Shanghai Composite Index finished trading eight-and-a-half-percent

24/08/2015

Sport

Bolt takes gold at IAAF World Championships in Beijing

Usain Bolt has confirmed he is the fastest man on earth by taking the gold in the 100 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing on Sunday

23/08/2015

Sport

Mo Farah takes gold at IAAF World Championships in Beijing

Britain’s Mo Farah has retained his 10,000 metres world title at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing. The 32-year-old crossed the finish line in

22/08/2015

China

Chinese authorities try to calm fears of Tianjin residents following blasts

Four new fires have broken out at the site where two huge blasts last week killed at least 116 people in the Chinese port city of Tianjin

21/08/2015

Sport

Rudisha ready to battle it out at world championships

20/08/2015

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China commemorates Tianjin dead with flowers

19/08/2015

China

Tianjin homeowners stage anti-government protest over chemical blasts

Exactly a week after the deadly chemical plant explosion in China, homeowners whose estate was destroyed staged a protest in Tianjin, outside a

19/08/2015

China

China: Tributes paid to Tianjin chemical blast victims amid pollution fears

Ships at Tianjin docks sounded their horns, as ceremonies were held in the northeastern Chinese port for the victims of last week’s explosions at a

18/08/2015

China

Sebastian Coe wins race to head athletics' governing body

18/08/2015

Business Series

The currency war intensifies after China devalues the yuan

One week after the People’s Bank of China devalued the yuan Business Middle East focuses on reactions to the central bank’s latest action which was

18/08/2015

China

Tianjin firefighters pay tribute to their lost colleagues

Emergency crews who were first on the scene in last week's chemical warehouse blasts in the Chinese port of Tianjin, bore the brunt of fatalities. in the disaster. On Tuesday lost colleagues were reme

18/08/2015

China

It was like hell: A firefighter who survived Tianjin blast speaks of his experience

Eighteen year-old Xiao Xu was one of the first firefighters sent to tackle the blaze that ripped through a chemicals warehouse in the port of Tianjin last week.

17/08/2015

China

China: clean up begins at chemical blast site

Troops equipped with chemical warfare protection begin clearing up toxic material at the site of Wednesday's explosions at a Chinese chemical warehouse.

17/08/2015

China

China:fear and anger in the wake of the Tianjin disaster

16/08/2015

China

Conflicting information about evacuations after Tianjin explosion

Chinese police have confirmed the presence of deadly sodium cyanide after explosions in the city of Tianjin last week. The state-run Beijing News

16/08/2015

China

China: angry families of missing demand answers

There may be calm on the streets but among the relatives of those missing in the Tianjin blast there is anger. These people are furious that there

15/08/2015

China

China: officials backtrack over evacuation reports

Chinese officials have denied ordering the evacuation of residents from the area surrounding the site of a huge chemical explosion. The statement is

15/08/2015

China

China: Death toll mounts after massive explosion

The authorities in China have ordered anyone living within a three kilometre radius of a massive explosion at a chemical plant to leave their homes

15/08/2015

China

Chinese investigators start Tianjin blast tests

Some 200 Chinese investigators have started tests at the site of the chemical warehouse explosion in Tianjin. The team from the Chinese military are

14/08/2015