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China
China starting to looking like 19th Century US
China's shift from super-charged economic growth to a more moderate pace has drawn plenty of comparisons, most often with Japan. But there's another, less obvious historical model: late-19th century America.
China eyeing 'Tobin Tax' on currency trades
Sources say China's central bank has drafted rules for a tax on foreign-exchange transactions to help curb currency speculation
China wants migrant workers to end housing glut
Migrant workers are the unsung heroes of China's economic miracle. Now, as China's economy slows, the country's leaders have a new mission for them: Buy homes.
Inside China's $445b startup splurge
China is getting into the venture capital business in a big way. A really, really big way.
'It's another shocker': China exports slump
China's export slump deepened in February, highlighting the challenge for policy makers seeking to keep the economy humming at home while trade acts as a brake on growth.
China's long view an opportunity for Australia
Even at a slower growth rate of 6.5 per cent, China is 'a whole lot bigger than it used to be' and is adding as much to global output as it did in 2010.
China bets on growth to dull reform pain
As economic growth has fallen, Chinese leaders have faced growing questions.
How to fly like an Asian tycoon
Hermes tea sets, Mahjong tables, disco lights and Swarovski-jewelled ceilings: Asia's growing number of moguls is spurring a buying spree for luxury jets.
Moody's warns China's credit rating could fall
China's credit rating outlook was lowered to negative from stable by Moody's Investors Service, which cited rising government debt, falling currency reserves and uncertainty over the authorities' ability to carry out reforms.
Canberra businesses welcome China business council to the city
Chinese investment in Canberra ramps up as Andrew Barr prepares to lead another delegation to China
China manufacturing, services weaken
China's factory gauge extended its stretch of deteriorating conditions to a record seven months while a measure of services fell to the weakest in seven years.
China to lay off 1.8m coal, steel workers
China expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in the coal and steel industries, or about 15 per cent of the workforce, as part of efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity.
China central bank resumes easing cycle
China's central bank resumed its easing cycle on Monday, injecting an estimated $US100 billion ($140 billion) worth of long-term cash into the economy to cushion the pain from job layoffs and bankruptcies in industries plagued by overcapacity.
China's Zhou sees room to ease rates
Equilibrium returned to China's stocks after Thursday's turmoil as the central bank governor said policy makers had room for further easing to stimulate economic growth.
China faces deepening export slump in Asia
The South Korean city of Ulsan, perched on the peninsula's south-eastern tip, has long been a proxy for the health of the nation's export-driven economy.
Is another debt-fuelled meltdown on the cards?
Welcome back to a familiar anxiety: global contagion as worldwide debt is nearly three times the size of the global economy.
Chinese investor to face new tax rules
China's Moon Lake Investment will be the first to be subject to new rules aimed at ensuring foreign companies pay tax on Australian earnings.
China hard landing could spark Australian recession
A hard landing in China could spark a recession in Australia this year, Oxford Economics says.
China economy faces great challenges: Li
China's economy faces great challenges and new uncertainties brought about by the global economic environment and various countries' ailing stock markets, Premier Li Keqiang says.
$A firms as yuan fix reflects greenback weakness
The Australian dollar firmed on Monday, strengthened by a record trade surplus for China and a slight revaluation of the yuan against a weakened greenback as the country's central bank resumed its daily fix of the currency.
China exports drop in January
China's exports dropped in January, adding to economic challenges confronting the world's biggest trading nation.
China a 'ticking time bomb'
China’s banking system may see losses five times larger than those suffered by US banks during the GFC, as the country fast runs out of reserves, a hedge fund manager warns.
China 'catch-up' sell-off expected
A week's break for Chinese Lunar New Year could have been a week of reprieve for financial markets, which have been speculating wildly on Chinese currency devaluation and demand. But it wasn't.
No basis for continued yuan slide: PBoC
China's central bank governor says there's no basis for continued depreciation of the yuan.
How huge 'Ponzi scheme' lured investors
Ezubao advertised on China's government-built bullet trains, and its executives schmoozed with state media big shots and Communist Party cadres. But it was the spot on CCTV's sober nightly newscast that sold one investor. "The government is behind it," she thought.
Distance can skew the view of China
"When you're far away, you see the structural problems and you question China's ability to see them."
IMF chief: China can avoid 'hard landing'
But spillovers from China's transition to slower growth will continue to pressure oil and commodity exporters around the globe, IMF chief Christine Lagarde says.
Food supply brings ChemChina to the table
It would be the biggest Chinese takeover deal on record, and is unlikely to be the last with China seeking to shore up security of food supply for its population.
Food needs drive record Chinese takeover
The transaction would be the largest acquisition of a foreign company by a Chinese firm and the latest in a string of deals by ChemChina.
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Big win on effects test
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