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27 Jul 18
China’s economy remains robust amid external threats, but the government must continue with its reforms to ensure growth is sustainable, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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24 Jul 18
Rwanda has signed loan agreements worth more than $300m with China and India to fund road building and develop irrigation, officials have said.
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24 Jul 18
Sri Lanka’s president will accept an unconditional $295m “gift” to his country from China despite having formerly suspended Chinese-backed projects over corruption fears.
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24 Jul 18
China could open up its economy if it chooses to, the head of the European Commission has said in a bid to defuse an escalating trade war.
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13 Jul 18
China’s president Xi Jinping has pledged $20bn in loans and $1.6bn in aid to countries in the Middle East to revive economic growth.
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26 Jun 18
Countries are right to go ahead with retaliatory tariffs against the US and should ‘stand up’ to trade war bullies, a Chatham House advisor has urged.
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20 Jun 18
China will give more than $100m in military aid to Cambodia, to be use for “any necessary need”, it has been announced.
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18 Apr 18
Government in China is increasingly having to carry out duties with no money provided and un-budgeted public debts have built up in the country, an International Monetary Fund working paper has said.
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4 Apr 18
China has published a list of various signature US imports the country plans to impose duties on, in response to Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs.
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20 Mar 18
China is to form an international development cooperation agency to enhance planning and coordination of foreign aid, it has been widely reported in a number of media outlets.
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8 Mar 18
China has set its 2018 economic growth target at “around 6.5%”, it was announced at the opening session of the annual National People’s Congress.
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7 Mar 18
China is to increase its defence budget by 8.1% in 2018, a budget report submitted to the national legislature has said, taking defence spending to 1.11trn yuan ($175bn).
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15 Feb 18
The US shows it is not as keen on free-market competition as it might like to appear in its attitude to China's investment in Latin America, writes Gavin O'Toole.
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5 Feb 18
The UK and China have agreed deals worth more than £9.3bn following a three-day trade mission in China by British prime minister Theresa May.
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19 Oct 17
South Korea and China have extended a currency swap deal for another three years.
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19 Oct 17
China’s economy grew by 6.8% between July and September, official data has shown.
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22 Sep 17
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded China’s credit rating due rising debt, which has exposed the country to increased economic and financial risk.
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22 Aug 17
China’s proposed ’belt and road’ network of surface and sea links to Europe will need measures in place to prevent the spread of epidemics, World Health Organisation director-...
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18 Aug 17
China is set to grow more strongly but should take action to increase domestic spending, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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1 Aug 17
The World Bank has approved a $32.73m grant from its Global Environment Fund to support work in China on integrating land use and transport.
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28 Jun 17
Chinese premier Li Keqiang warned against shunning economic globalisation, which he said had been a “great facilitator” in China opening up over the past 30 years.
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10 Jan 17
The Asian Development Bank today signed a $75m loan agreement that will put 5,000 green buses on the streets of China within the next two years.
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7 Sep 16
Provincial pension funds throughout China are struggling to break even after the government ordered a 6.5% increase on the basic pension for corporate retirees, according to state news agency Xinhua...
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2 Aug 16
A carbon tax in China could cut greenhouse gases, save millions of lives and improve public finances
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28 Apr 16
How can China best manage its huge growth in public-private partnerships?