The Dow Jones Industrial Average came within one point of 20000—a milestone it has never reached—after a solid jobs report.
The Obama administration said that the U.S. must bolster protection of the American semiconductor industry as a national security imperative against a Chinese plan to dominate the sector.
The state-owned agribusiness giant has named Jingtao ‘Johnny’ Chi to replace former Archer Daniels Midland executive Matt Jensen, who had joined Cofco in May 2015.
China continued to squeeze the global market for the yuan, sending the cost of borrowing the currency in overseas markets soaring to a near-record high.
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A Chinese attack submarine made an unprecedented stopover in Malaysia this week in a rare public display of China’s expanding undersea force and a further sign of power realignment in Southeast Asia.
Notwithstanding wild currency swings and antagonistic Donald Trump tweets, Asian shares ended the first week of the year in the black—in contrast to last year when a crash in Chinese stocks rattled global markets.
Aiming to crack new frontiers in China, Hollywood studios are turning to something familiar: established American films and TV series that can be remade for Chinese audiences.
Beijing is now finding that the influence of global financial markets within its own markets is bigger and harder to control than before.
Chinese smartphone upstart Xiaomi Corp. doesn’t need to raise additional cash to fund its expansion and plans to take a slow approach to expanding in the U.S., the technology firm’s Chief Financial Officer Shou Zi Chew said.
The world’s miners are starting the new year as must-have darlings in stock portfolios, but some wonder whether the industry’s surprise rebound is built on rock.
The identity of a mysterious character who has defeated many of the world’s top players in the ancient strategy game of Go has been revealed.
A crackdown by the People’s Bank of China on wagers against the yuan propelled the currency to its largest-ever two-day gain against the dollar, highlighting the rising tension in foreign-exchange markets over the outlook for China.
Australia posted its first monthly trade surplus since early 2014 in November, as rising global commodity prices helped power exports, pointing to a possible quick rebound in the economy after its third-quarter contraction.
China will be the world’s largest user of electric cars. It won’t necessarily dominate producing them.
The Chinese tech giant has a woeful record on counterfeit goods.
The Dow industrials fell as investors dialed back on some popular trades. Investors dumped shares of financial companies and snapped up government bonds and gold.
The dollar tumbled Thursday as investors grew cautious on the U.S. economic outlook.