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Chaoyang district posts notice on social media account banning staff from peer-to-peer lending platforms from leaving China’s capital city without approval.
Chaoyang district posts notice on social media account banning staff from peer-to-peer lending platforms from leaving China’s capital city without approval.
In the first quarter of 2019, the number of potential applicants rose to the highest level since 2011, while demand for staff declined.
In the first quarter of 2019, the number of potential applicants rose to the highest level since 2011, while demand for staff declined.
Premier Li Keqiang announced reductions in value-added and personal income taxes and a lowering of the social security contribution rate in March.
Premier Li Keqiang announced reductions in value-added and personal income taxes and a lowering of the social security contribution rate in March.
Shanghai will fall short of meeting its goal of becoming an international financial centre by 2020, according to a survey by AmCham Shanghai.
Shanghai will fall short of meeting its goal of becoming an international financial centre by 2020, according to a survey by AmCham Shanghai.
More than one-third of the 71 shrinking cities still building new industrial zones or residential districts are located in China’s northeast.
More than one-third of the 71 shrinking cities still building new industrial zones or residential districts are located in China’s northeast.
Rescue operations expanded to nearly 2 sq km, with 28 still reported missing.
Rescue operations expanded to nearly 2 sq km, with 28 still reported missing.
Local residents say they took the risk of staying there because they relied on the factories for work, while investigators criticise authorities and company bosses for failing to rectify safety problems.
Local residents say they took the risk of staying there because they relied on the factories for work, while investigators criticise authorities and company bosses for failing to rectify safety problems.
One man said he saw a child being thrown into the air, while witnesses describe how shards of glass ‘fell like rain’ after Yancheng explosion.
One man said he saw a child being thrown into the air, while witnesses describe how shards of glass ‘fell like rain’ after Yancheng explosion.
Hospital emergency wards filled with injured workers, residents and anxious families, as survivors and witnesses tell of the destruction caused by Thursday’s blast at chemical plant in Jiangsu.
Hospital emergency wards filled with injured workers, residents and anxious families, as survivors and witnesses tell of the destruction caused by Thursday’s blast at chemical plant in Jiangsu.
Explosion at Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant on Thursday leaves 640 injured and forces nearly 3,000 people to be evacuated.
Explosion at Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical plant on Thursday leaves 640 injured and forces nearly 3,000 people to be evacuated.
The study tracked the intensity of night lights in more than 3,300 cities and towns between 2013 and 2016, but urban planners are still being told to keep building.
The study tracked the intensity of night lights in more than 3,300 cities and towns between 2013 and 2016, but urban planners are still being told to keep building.
Group issues joint statement saying his arrest ‘has a chilling effect on all those who are committed to advance constructive US-China relations’.
Group issues joint statement saying his arrest ‘has a chilling effect on all those who are committed to advance constructive US-China relations’.
US economist Michael Pettis of Peking University says China GDP is overestimated as bad debt is not written down.
US economist Michael Pettis of Peking University says China GDP is overestimated as bad debt is not written down.
Mainland has overestimated its nominal and real growth rates by about 2 full percentage points on average between 2008 to 2016.
Mainland has overestimated its nominal and real growth rates by about 2 full percentage points on average between 2008 to 2016.
New 13 per cent value-added tax rate announced by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday still higher than in competitors across Asia.
New 13 per cent value-added tax rate announced by Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday still higher than in competitors across Asia.
Future of the economy to be prime topic at meetings of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference over the next two weeks.
Future of the economy to be prime topic at meetings of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference over the next two weeks.
Contradicting unemployment and employment data leaves many questioning, what is the exact health of China’s labour market?
Contradicting unemployment and employment data leaves many questioning, what is the exact health of China’s labour market?
Hong Kong’s GDP rose to HK$2.85 trillion last year compared to 2.42 trillion yuan or HK$2.87 trillion in Shenzhen.
Hong Kong’s GDP rose to HK$2.85 trillion last year compared to 2.42 trillion yuan or HK$2.87 trillion in Shenzhen.
More than 80 per cent of consumers in a survey by HSBC with an annual income of at least US$22,341 plan to spend at least the same amount as last year.
More than 80 per cent of consumers in a survey by HSBC with an annual income of at least US$22,341 plan to spend at least the same amount as last year.
Systemic intellectual property theft in China costs US companies at least US$50 billion per year, according to a US Trade Representative report.
Systemic intellectual property theft in China costs US companies at least US$50 billion per year, according to a US Trade Representative report.
Consumers holding back from spending on big-ticket items like cars, appliances and mobile phones, but will buy pricey food items.
Consumers holding back from spending on big-ticket items like cars, appliances and mobile phones, but will buy pricey food items.
Chongqing struggling to find jobs for workers who were laid off as the US-China trade war forced factories to downsize.
Chongqing struggling to find jobs for workers who were laid off as the US-China trade war forced factories to downsize.
President Xi Jinping has pledged to lift millions of rural poor out of poverty and he is hoping a revitalised Mao-era system will do the trick.
President Xi Jinping has pledged to lift millions of rural poor out of poverty and he is hoping a revitalised Mao-era system will do the trick.
Chinese manufacturing contracted in January, for the second month in a row, purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data showed.
Chinese manufacturing contracted in January, for the second month in a row, purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data showed.
Police investigated more than 10,000 cases of illegal fundraising last year, a 22 per cent rise in the caseload, according to top prosecutors.
Police investigated more than 10,000 cases of illegal fundraising last year, a 22 per cent rise in the caseload, according to top prosecutors.
Country’s most prosperous province has set lower 2019 growth target that matches expected national target as fast growth fades and trade war clouds outlook.
Country’s most prosperous province has set lower 2019 growth target that matches expected national target as fast growth fades and trade war clouds outlook.
Apple recorded a 13 per cent year-on-year drop in smartphone units shipped to China last year, according to Canalys.
Apple recorded a 13 per cent year-on-year drop in smartphone units shipped to China last year, according to Canalys.
Industrial profit growth falls for eight consecutive months since April, dragging the full-year growth down to 10.3 per cent, compared to 21 per cent in 2017.
Industrial profit growth falls for eight consecutive months since April, dragging the full-year growth down to 10.3 per cent, compared to 21 per cent in 2017.
Analysts say the prospect of a current account deficit, as well as mounting debt, growing hostility from abroad and a slowing economy could be among the risks top cadres have been told to keep watch for.
Analysts say the prospect of a current account deficit, as well as mounting debt, growing hostility from abroad and a slowing economy could be among the risks top cadres have been told to keep watch for.
New births in China fell to 15.23 million last year, the lowest since China relaxed its one-child policy in 2014.
New births in China fell to 15.23 million last year, the lowest since China relaxed its one-child policy in 2014.