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By Shu Zhang and Matthew Miller BEIJING (Reuters) - Behind China's trillion-dollar effort to build a modern Silk Road is a lending programme of unprecedented breadth, one that will help build ports, roads and rail links, but could also leave some banks and ...

BEIJING - China's financial regulators are gathering in Beijing in a once-in-five-years huddle that many expect will formalise a greater coordination role for the central bank, but will stop short of pushing changes that could potentially destabilise the ...

North Korea on Tuesday said it successfully test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, a claim that brings the isolated state closer to its aim of building a device capable of hitting the continental US with a nuclear warhead. The missile was a ...

IMAGE:  A Chinese fan cheers during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier. Photograph: Stanley Chou/Getty Images. Chinese President Xi Jinping told FIFA boss Gianni Infantino he hoped the Asian nation could host a World Cup "in the future", the world soccer governing body said on Wednesday, after the two met in Beijing. Xi, an avid soccer fan, has launched an ambitious drive to improve Chinese football from the ground up and spoken of his wish for the country to qualify for ...

By Kevin Yao and Elias Glenn BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy generally remained on solid footing in May, but tighter monetary policy, a cooling housing market and slowing investment reinforced views that it will gradually lose momentum in coming months.

Late Syrian goal leaves China on the brink IMAGE:  Mardek Mardkian of Syria competes for the ball during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier Group A Final Round match between Syria and China at Hang Jebat Stadium. Photograph: Stanley Chou/Getty Images. China's hopes of qualifying for next year's World Cup finals hang by the thinnest of threads after an injury time goal from Ahmed Al Saleh saw Syria hold Marcello Lippi's team to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday evening. Second half goals from ...

An aggressive Pyongyang is likely to force Seoul and Tokyo to build nuclear deterrents and thus thwart Beijing's ambitions, says Deepak Lal. I have recently been in Seoul to attend a meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society. En route, I visited Hong Kong and Taipei. They all live in the shadow of the Chinese dragon, whose hegemonic intentions are clear from President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines reporting he had to stop drilling in the South China Sea when China threatened war. In Hong Kong ...

The Chinese Communist Party's all important 19th Party Congress is just months away, and President Xi Jinping finds himself confronting unlikely challenges to his pre-eminent position, says former RA&W officer and China watcher Jayadeva Ranade. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping with former Chinese president Jiang Zemin at a military parade in Beijing, September 3, 2015. Photograph: Wang Zhao/ReutersForces opposed to Xi have gathered around Jiang, who despite being 90 is still apparently ...

* CSI300 -0.7 pct, SSEC -0.3 pct; HSI -0.5 pct, HSCE -0.3pct * Risk appetite still soured * Asset managers trim equity exposure * President Xi's speech signals ongoing tightening SHANGHAI, April 28 (Reuters) - China's main stock indexesfell on Friday and ...