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Asia: Lantern festival marks end of Lunar Year

China and Taiwan celebrated the end of Lunar New Year on Monday night with a spectacular Lantern Festival. Hundreds gathered to release paper

23/02/2016

Business Series

Apple Pay hoping for big things in China but faces entrenched local payment services

Apple Pay has been officially launched in China where it has to convince hundreds of millions of users of the country's entrenched, dominant smart phone services to switch.

19/02/2016

Economy

Federal Reserve reveals slowdown worries

Federal Reserve January policy meeting minutes show the central bank considered changing the central bank's interest rate hike plans because of a global slowdown and financial market sell-off.

18/02/2016

Business Line

Ryanair's business plans and Uber's nemesis in China

Ryanair expands in Greece. We talks to CEO Michael O'Leary, who in the past has criticised the country's government. And Didi Kuaidi, the hugely popular ride-hailing app you've probably never hear of.

17/02/2016

Taiwan

Claims of Chinese missiles in South China Sea spark tension in region

Taiwanese officials say China has deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system on an island in the South China Sea. The US also acknowledged

17/02/2016

Europe News

Thousands of steel workers descend upon Brussels to defend Europe's struggling steel industry

Steel workers from all over Europe protested in Brussels Monday to stop the EU from granting market-economy status to China. Protesters fear the move would make it harder for European companies protec

15/02/2016

Business Line

Monkey business, money business and Moscow business

As Asia starts the year of the monkey we look at Red Envelopes and Red Square visitors.

10/02/2016

Economy

To Russia with cash: Chinese tourists offset fall in Western visitors

Russia is enjoying a tourism boom of Chinese visitors who have become the largest group of foreign visitors with numbers more than doubling last year compared with 2014.

09/02/2016

World News

Violent clashes in Hong Kong as police crackdown on street vendors

There has been a night of violent clashes in Hong Kong – the worst since pro-democracy protests in late 2014. The trouble began when police tried to

09/02/2016

World News

Hey, hey, it's the year of the Monkey!

It is the Lunar New Year , and across Asia it has been celebrated in style, with China leading the way as only China can, with spectacular fireworks

07/02/2016

China

Chinese athletics world record holder "forced into using banned drugs"

05/02/2016

Sport

World Athletics investigating claims of historic state-backed doping in China

The doping crisis to hit Athletics took another twist on Friday after the IAAF announced it’s investigating a letter alleging historic

05/02/2016

Economy

China slowdown could scupper eurozone recovery: EU

The slowdown in emerging economies such as China could derail the eurozone’s fragile recovery, the European Commission said on Thursday. The single

04/02/2016

Sport

Jackson Martinez signs for Guangzhou Evergrande

Colombia international Jackson Martinez has left Atletico Madrid after just seven months and signed with Chinese Super League club Guangzhou

03/02/2016

Business Series

ChemChina bids for Syngenta to improve Chinese food production

State-owned ChemChina is to pay 39 billion euro for Swiss seeds and pesticides group Syngenta as China seeks greater food security.

03/02/2016

Economy

China looks for 6.5 to 7% economic growth in 2016, warns on unemployment

China has set its economic growth projection range at 6.5 to 7 percent this year, but efforts to reduce overcapacity of coal and steel are expected to raise unemployment.

03/02/2016

China

Tens of thousands stranded as world largest mass migration begins

Tens of thousands of rail passengers in China have been left stranded after adverse weather delayed trains. In what’s known as the world’s largest

02/02/2016

China

China: billions on the move for the Year of the Monkey

The world's biggest annual mass migration gets underway

02/02/2016

Business Series

Late to the party but confident, Renault opens its first China assembly plant

Renault says it still sees plenty of growth in Chinese vehicle demand as it opened its first assembly plant in the world's biggest car market, a joint venture with China's Dongfeng.

01/02/2016

Economy

China's struggle continues with January factory activity weak again

There was disappointing factory output data from China as the official measure of manufacturing hit its lowest since mid-2012 amid falling prices and overcapacity.

01/02/2016

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