Asia

China inflation rate at 6-month low of 1.5% in January

China's consumer prices rose by 1.5 percent year-on-year in January of 2018, after a 1.8 percent rise in the prior…

E-commerce giant Alibaba to invest $865m in China home improvement chain

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to buy a 15 percent stake in a chain of Chinese home improvement and furniture…

Singapore to attract $10bn investments in 2018, but with fewer jobs

Singapore is expected to attract $8 billion to $10 billion in fixed asset investments in 2018, comparable to the previous…

China orders banks to stop financing cryptocurrencies, cracks down on traders.

The People’s Bank of China has ordered financial institutions to stop providing banking or funding to any activity related to…

China now “hub of global supply chains”- IMF official says

China, a key trading partner for over 100 countries, has become a hub of global supply chains, a senior official…

China leads 2017 global shipbuilding industry

China ranked first in three indices measuring the development and the capacity of a country’s shipbuilding industry in 2017, official…