China
Even before Anbang chairman detained, some banks halted its products
BEIJING/HONG KONG China's Anbang Insurance Group, whose chairman was detained late last week, said on Thursday that its products were still being sold through banks, although employees at some lenders said they had stopped selling them, in some cases months ago.
Seven killed in Chinese kindergarten blast; 59 injured
BEIJING Seven people were killed and nearly 60 injured on Thursday in an explosion at a kindergarten in eastern China, state media said, but did not say if any children were among the dead.
U.S. commander says ships on course for more days in South China Sea
ZHANJIANG, China U.S. Navy ships are on track to spend more time in the South China Sea this year, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Scott Swift said on Thursday in China, where a U.S. warship was making a port call.
China censures Emirates airline after two safety incidents
SHANGHAI China's civil aviation authority has fined the world's largest longhaul carrier, Dubai-based Emirates, and barred it from adding new destinations and aircraft in China for six months, following two incidents of "unsafe operations".
Taiwan says China 'impertinently' wants it to soften representation in five countries
TAIPEI China has been pressuring the United Arab Emirates and four other countries to ask Taiwan to rename its representative offices in another sign of diplomatic pressure on the self-ruled island, Taiwan's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
China stands pat on rates this time despite Fed hike
SHANGHAI China's central bank left interest rates for open market operations unchanged on Thursday, shrugging off an overnight increase in the U.S. Federal Reserve's key policy rate.
Nine Chinese gay, transgender couples to tie the knot on cruise ship
SHANGHAI Eight hundred people will watch on Wednesday as Aries Liu, a 32-year-old man who used to be a woman, marries his blushing bride on a cruise ship in waters near China's business capital of Shanghai. | Video
In reversal of fortune, China's low-value steelmakers beat high-end peers
MANILA/BEIJING Powered by China's infrastructure push, Chinese construction steel producers are seeing their best profits in years, lording it over their high-value counterparts in a setback for Beijing's years-long drive urging steelmakers to move up the value chain.
Mattel plays with digital toys to triple China business
Mattel Inc expects to grow three to four times in the more than $31 billion (24.31 billion pounds) toys and games market in China by 2020 through digitally connected toys, as it intensifies its efforts to take on LEGO Group and Hasbro Inc in the country.
China A-shares likely to win key MSCI index inclusion, asset managers say
NEW YORK/HONG KONG U.S. index provider MSCI will likely open up its Emerging Markets Index next week to the so-called A shares that make up the majority of China's stock market after previously rejecting them on three occasions, investors and analysts said.