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NewHow Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect blunder reveals central bank governor's ambition to take charge of China’s capital accounts reform

NewStock connect scheme 'news' sparks Shenzhen and Hong Kong markets, but slowed as it emerged that no timeline set

People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan told them the Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect scheme would begin “within this year” and that it showed “China was opening up a new channel to connect the global capital markets”. Photo: SCMP Pictures

A report that the Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect scheme would be launched this year sparked market rallies in the two cities on Wednesday morning, but the mood turned to disappointment in the afternoon and the Hong Kong rally lost steam when it emerged that the positive “news” was almost six months old.

UpdateBaby formula and diaper sales likely winners in expected retail consumption boom as China drops one-child policy, says Credit Suisse

Two women and their babies pose for photographs in front of the giant portrait of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing November 2, 2015. China must continue to enforce its one-child policy until new rules allowing all couples to have two children go into effect, the top family planning body said. The ruling Communist Party said last week that Beijing would loosen its decades-old one-child policy. The plan for the change must be approved by the rubber-stamp parliament during its annual session in March. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

NewThe right investment approach depends on the business goal, experts say

General view of Express Rail Link construction site in West Kowloon. The MTR Corporation announced on Tuesday that the HK$67 billion Express Rail Link between Hong Kong and Guangzhou will be delayed for two years and won't be opened until 2017. 15APR14
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NewChina stocks post first monthly gain since June

A man speaks to another investor in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 25, 2015. China stocks fell on Friday, led by a selloff in small caps, as the main indexes ended the week roughly flat in shrinking trading volume. REUTERS/China Daily CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

NewChina markets likely capped in tight range until year end, analysts say

US filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola wearing unmatching socks sits during a tribute at the Jovellanos Theatre in Gijon, on October 22, 2015 on the eve of the Princess of Asturias awards ceremony. Coppola has been awarded the 2015 Princess of Asturias Award for Arts.. AFP PHOTO/ MIGUEL RIOPA

NewChina’s solar companies look like good bets as green energy gains momentum, analysts say

A Palestinian labourer installs solar panels at a photovoltaic plant in the West Bank city of Jericho in this March 27, 2012 file photo. Renewables are powering a rare bright spot in the energy industry, with record job hiring in solar, wind and hydro partly offsetting the biggest round of job losses in the oil and gas sector in almost two decades. The fresh opportunities come as the oil sector is suffering its worst downturn since the late 1990s, encouraging engineering students to rethink their options and even mid-career switches for some who have spent more than a decade in the oil sector. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman/Files

NewHong Kong and mainland shares advance, property stocks higher on upbeat housing data

A man speaks to another investor in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, September 25, 2015. China stocks fell on Friday, led by a selloff in small caps, as the main indexes ended the week roughly flat in shrinking trading volume. REUTERS/China Daily CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA

NewLeTV’s latest Beijing investment could signal harder times for Uber

Lines of cars are pictured during a rush hour traffic jam on Guomao Bridge in Beijing July 11, 2013. Eight more cities in China, the world's biggest auto market, are likely to announce policies restricting new vehicle purchases, an official at the automakers association said, as Beijing tries to control air pollution. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA - Tags: TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

NewBargain hunters push Chinese stocks up, fundamentals remain unchanged

Residential buildings stand in the Tin Shui Wai area in Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, March 3, 2012. The number of housing deals in Hong Kong rose for the first time in four months in February even as the total value of those transactions fell, signaling an improvement in sentiment among buyers of small-sized apartments. Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg

NewChina indices tumble in afternoon trade; Shenzhen knocked for 6pc loss

An investor holds onto prayer beads as he watches a board showing stock prices at a brokerage office in Beijing, China, in this July 6, 2015 file photo. After months trying to convince investors to come back to China's battered stock markets, there are signs authorities may be getting their wish as money starts flowing back in. China's benchmark Shanghai stock index is still a third below its June peak, but there are unquestionable signs of life in the market. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Files

NewHong Kong stocks end lower before holiday, mainland markets buoyed by services data

Chow Tai Fook jewellery shop in Causeway Bay. 01SEP15

NewChinese markets end little changed after release of China Q3 GDP number, HK also flat

A woman walks past an electronic board displaying stock indexes in Hong Kong on September 29, 2015. Mining giant Glencore was the stand-out loser in Hong Kong share trading, shedding more than a quarter of its value and dragging the Hang Seng Index as China's economic woes hit demand for commodities. AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez

PortfolioWhy air miles and other indicators offer clues to China’s new economy

An airport worker inspects the under-carriage of Air China planes while they are parked at the terminal building of Beijing's International Airport in this February 6, 2012 file photo. Sentiment at Asia's biggest firms tumbled in the third quarter at record pace due to growing worries about the economic slowdown in China and the risks it poses to the global outlook, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed. To match story ASIAPAC-SENTIMENT/ REUTERS/David Gray/Files

NewPBOC’s re-lending plan seen as selectively steering credit to help spur economy

Customers browse goods in a supermarket in Fuyang, east China's Anhui province on October 14, 2015. China's consumer inflation fell in September, official figures showed on October 14, underlining sagging sentiment as growth slows in the world's second-largest economy and adding to calls for further stimulus. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

NewPBOC sets yuan’s mid price stronger for second day

A Standard Chartered Plc employee counts Chinese one-hundred yuan banknotes in an arranged photograph at one of the bank's branches in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. China started direct trading between the yuan and New Zealand's dollar today as the world's second-largest economy promotes usage of its currency in global trade and finance. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

NewChina’s soft inflation data provides room for more stimulus

epa04976987 Customers look at meat products at a supermarket in Beijing, China, 14 October 2015. China's consumer price index was up 1.6 percent from a year ago in September, according to government statistics released on 14 October. China has set an annual inflation target at about 3 percent. EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA

NewHong Kong shares regulator reveals plans to bolster information sharing with Beijing

An investor looks at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province April 23, 2013. China shares posted their worst daily loss in nearly a month on Tuesday, weighing on Hong Kong markets, after a weak preliminary survey of Chinese manufacturing activity in April stoked fears of sluggish economic growth in the second quarter. REUTERS/Jon Woo (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
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