A billion-dollar share sale planned by Sun Art Retail Group is likely to give the operator of megastores a new war chest it can use to extend its advantage over rivals Wal-Mart and Carrefour.
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A Chinese buying spree for U.S. corn is putting on display the ability of Beijing to reshape grain markets as well as the cost of food globally.
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Hong Kong regulators reached an agreement with the local retail banking unit of Citigroup in which the bank will offer to buy back US$136.2 million worth of Lehman Brothers-related products from investors.
Tensions in the disputed waters of the South China Sea threaten distract Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a visit to China intended to build on a recent thaw in bilateral military ties.
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Passenger-vehicle sales in the world's biggest auto market, China, rose 6.2% last month.
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Citing "authoritative sources," China's state-run Xinhua news agency on Thursday dismissed as "pure rumor" media reports of the death of former Chinese President and Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin.
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Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo has agreed with Chinese Internet search operator Baidu to set up a joint venture in China to distribute games and other mobile-phone content in the mainland.
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China's Caixin Media is starting widespread distribution of its English-language magazine in Hong Kong and plans to introduce an English version of its iPad application.
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Goldman Sachs warned that oil supplies will become "critically tight" in 2012, largely because production kingpin Saudi Arabia won't be able to pump as much extra oil as many people believe.
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Citigroup Inc. plans to increase its number of outlets in China by 50% this year, as the U.S. bank looks to capitalize on the opportunities presented by China's growing middle class.
According to some suppliers of components to Apple, the new version of the iPhone is expected to be thinner and lighter than the iPhone 4 and sport an 8-megapixel camera.
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Temasek's sales of shares in Bank of China and China Construction Bank suggest not everyone is giving Chinese banks the benefit of the doubt on the quality of their loans to local governments.
China's central bank announced its fifth interest-rate increase in eight months, signaling its concern about accelerating inflation, though a number of analysts said they expect this to be the last rate increase of the year.
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A war of words grew this week between China and Japanese rolling stock manufacturers and has reignited a long-simmering battle over whether Chinese state-owned firms stole high-speed rail technology in recent years, and are now attempting to market it themselves overseas.
On July 12, the Taiwanese film “Night Market Hero” will open in 14 Chinese cities, becoming the first under new regulations that exempt Taiwanese movies from Beijing's import quotas that limit the release of foreign films.
Amid the speculation that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin is near death, one thing remains certain: at some point, Mr. Jiang will pass away. And when he does, among the questions facing Communist Party leaders will be what kind of funeral should they arrange.
In February 2008, a disease sweeping through the pig population was the catalyst a steep inflation increase. In June 2011, economists expect inflation to pop again -- and once again it's pork prices that are the proximate cause.
A billion-dollar share sale planned by megastore operator Sun Art Retail Group could heat up China's retail sector, and a China independent news group plans to distribute its English-language magazine in Hong Kong. WSJ's Jake Lee and Isabella Steger discuss.
Starting now, iPhone users can carry us around in their pockets.
A recent decline in Chinese real-estate prices is starting to shake confidence in the country's economic vitality and open a debate about whether the country's economy is over-leveraged.
ChinaRealTime: Next week, Taiwan's "Night Market Hero" will debut in 14 Chinese cities, exempt from Beijing's foreign-film import quota http://t.co/OSj7GLC
ChinaRealTime: At some point, Jiang Zemin will pass away. So how does China mark the death of its former leaders? http://t.co/yVpzehv
ChinaRealTime: Why Pork Prices Are Such a Big Deal in China http://t.co/YsgCCG1
ChinaRealTime: Why so wound up? Explaining the sensitivity around rumors of Jiang Zemin's death http://on.wsj.com/qwFMzS
ChinaRealTime: One or Done? A Dow Jones Newswires poll shows most economists think Beijing is done raising interest rates http://on.wsj.com/oGJfm2