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Protests as China president Xi Jinping begins state visit to Britain

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron have welcomed China president Xi Jinping to London. The UK hopes the state visit will

21 October 2015

United Kingdom

UK gives a royal welcome to China's President Xi

Nothing but the best for President Xi Jinping – the Chinese leader was treated to an extravagant banquet laid on by Queen Elizabeth in Buckingham

21 October 2015

United Kingdom

British government under fire from human rights activists over Chinese president visit

Protests against the Chinese President’s visit to the UK have so far been small, but vocal. Those turning out to chant and wave banners in London

20 October 2015

Business Series

Tata Steel confirms UK job losses, blaming Chinese imports

It reads like a list from British manufacturing’s dark days in the 1980s when job losses constantly filled news bulletins. The Indian group Tata

20 October 2015

United Kingdom

Pomp, ceremony and big business as Chinese president visits UK

The President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping has received a royal welcome at the start of his four-day state visit to the United

20 October 2015

United Kingdom

The Chinese President arrives in the UK for a four-day state visit

The Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan have arrived in the UK for a much-anticipated four-day state visit. Prime Minister David

19 October 2015

Economy

China's economic growth falls below seven percent

Economic growth in China has dropped below seven percent for the first time since the global financial crisis began. It adds further pressure on

19 October 2015

Economy

China to build Indonesia's first high-speed railway

Indonesia has granted a Chinese-led consortium the right to build the country’s first high-speed railway line – angering Japan which had launched a

16 October 2015

China

China: joint exercises planned for South China Sea

China says it is willing to hold joint exercises with other Southeast Asian countries in the disputed South China Sea. Regional relations have been

16 October 2015

Economy

Chinese consumer inflation and producer prices fall again

Consumer inflation fell more than expected in China in September, while producer prices continued their long slide, adding to concerns about

14 October 2015

Business Series

China launches probe into Volkswagen

China has launched an investigation into Volkswagen, saying it’s highly concerned about the diesel emissions scandal. VW says it’s recalling nearly

12 October 2015

China

Early death for smokers in China says new report

In China a third of all men currently under the age of 20 will die prematurely if they do not give up smoking. The warning comes on the back of new

9 October 2015

Economy

World Bank cuts growth forecast for East Asia and Pacific

The World Bank has cut its growth forecasts for this year and next in the developing East Asia and Pacific, due to the risk of a sharp slowdown in

5 October 2015

Sweden

Nobel prize for medicine goes to parasite power trio

The first of this year’s Nobel prizes has been awarded, for medicine, and it has gone to a trio of researchers for work against parasitic diseases

5 October 2015

China

Typhoon Mujigae rips through Southern China

At least four have been killed after the tropical storm made landfall, and sixteen others were reported missing.

5 October 2015

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Tornados in China

4 October 2015

China

Brave Man's Bridge: China's spectacular glass walkway

The appropriately named Brave Man’s Bridge has opened in China’s central Hunan Province. Brave Mans Bridge - Glass Suspension Bridge In China

1 October 2015

Economy

Factory activity in China contracts again in September

Chinese factories were quieter again in September as demand softened at home and abroad. Several surveys have shown strains on smaller and

1 October 2015

China

China: Fresh blast hits southern region after day of deadly explosions

There has been another explosion in a region of southern China, hit by 17 blasts on Wednesday that left seven people dead. This time it happened in a

1 October 2015

China

China blasts kill seven in Guangxi

The death toll in a series of explosions has risen to at least seven. Fifty-one people were injured in the blasts from 17 parcel bombs which exploded

30 September 2015