Why China is the bull in a US shop

When the second-largest economy in the world plays games with its currency, it’s Americans who suffer.

Record imports swell US trade deficit

Record imports, the strong dollar and growing consumer demand helped to widen the US trade deficit by 7.1% in June.

China to Set Up ‘Security Offices’ Inside Internet Companies

China plans to set up “network security offices” staffed by police inside major Internet companies, a move to strengthen the government’s grip on the world’s largest population of Web users.

Experts believe China is building a 'Facebook of human intelligence'

The US has been hacked numerous times over the last many years. Isolated as these incidents may have seen, it’s now becoming clear that a unified entity is behind these huge breaches.

China Retakes Top Oil-Buyer Spot From U.S. Amid Stockpiling

China regained its status from the U.S. as the world’s biggest crude oil importer as shipments surged to fill the Asian country’s strategic petroleum reserves.

Emerging Markets Hold the Keys to Higher Gold Prices

Gold investors better start paying attention to China and India. After dismal performance for the past two and half years, HSBC Securities analyst James Steel says that emerging-market demand will be the key driver for gold prices.

China’s Online Lending Boom Spurs Startups, Investment and Risk

Though peer-to-peer lending was pioneered in the U.S. by companies such as LendingClub Corp., China is where it’s really taking off.

China Wants to Internationalize Its Currency, So It's Easing Capital Restrictions

You can’t buy a beer with it. You can’t trade in it. Yet China’s push to win an arcane currency status bestowed by the International Monetary Fund is driving policy makers in Beijing to ease capital restrictions.

China's Economy Is Surging 7% but Everyone Thinks That's Too Slow

Most countries would be thrilled to have such a robust economy. And if the U.S. economy were expanding at anywhere near that level -- its GDP grew just 2.4% last year -- the Federal Reserve would already be raising interest rates.

India scraps gold import curbs

Leading gold buyer India has announced it has eased controls on imports of the yellow metal after its current account deficit narrowed sharply.

China’s Li Says Economic Growth Quality Important as Pace

The “quality” of economic expansion, including job creation and fighting pollution, is as important as its speed amid uncertainty over whether China will reach its growth target this year, Premier Li Keqiang said.

China says will not alter policy because of one economic indicator

(Reuters) - China will not dramatically alter its economic policy because of any one economic indicator, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said on Sunday, in remarks that came days after many economists lowered growth forecasts having seen the latest set of weak data.

China says over 150 'economic fugitives' at large in the U.S

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 150 economic fugitives, many of whom are corrupt officials or suspected of graft in China, are at large in the United States, Chinese state media said on Monday, citing a senior official from the public security ministry.

Profit growth at Chinese state firms accelerates in H1

(Reuters) - China's state-owned firms enjoyed faster growth in their profits in the first six months of 2014, official data showed on Thursday, the latest indication that the economy is picking up as government stimulus measures kick in.

Russia, China to create joint rating agency as ties grow

(Reuters) - Russia and China have reached an agreement to create a joint credit rating agency and are working on a series of measures to make trade easier, Russia's finance minister said on Tuesday, a sign of growing ties between the neighbors.

Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as U.S. and Japan rile China

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Japan's defense minister greeted the deputy chief of staff of China's army at a regional security forum this weekend, he was undiplomatically snubbed.

US claims win in car trade dispute with China

GENEVA (AP) — The United States claimed victory in a trade dispute Friday after a key panel ruled that China's anti-dumping duties on imports of American-made cars and sport-utility vehicles violate international trade rules.

China vows year-long terrorism crackdown after attack

Beijing (AFP) - China on Sunday vowed a year-long campaign against terrorism, days after attackers in the western region of Xinjiang killed 39 people in a suicide raid.

What's really behind China's clash with Vietnam

Territorial conflict is an old story in the South China Sea, where several nations make conflicting claims on the region—and its oil and gas potential. But the escalating conflict between Vietnam and China is something new altogether.

Aliko Dangote to invest $2.3bn in north Nigeria

Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote has said that he will invest $2.3bn (£1.35bn) in sugar and rice production in the north of the country.