Asia

China eyes AI leadership in 2025 as it develops $2bn technology park

China has announced its plan on Wednesday to build a $2.1 billion (13.8 billion Yuan) technology park dedicated to developing…

China to maintain ‘prudent’ monetary policy in 2018, says central bank chief

China will maintain prudent monetary policy and reasonable loan growth in 2018, central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan said in comments…

Korea December inflation speeds up as global oil prices rise

South Korea's annual inflation accelerated in December to its fastest in three months as rising global oil prices lifted the…

China plans to dominate robot, smart car and railway industries by 2020

China has unveiled three-year plans to increase the country's economic competitiveness by developing “key technologies” in nine industrial sectors from…

China’s contribution to global economic growth

The International Monetary Fund predicts that the world economy will grow by 3.6 percent this year and China's economy will…

Indian economy to overtake UK, France next year

The surging Indian economy will overtake the UK and France during the course of 2018 to become the fifth largest…