The yen was set for its best January performance since 2018 on Friday, driven by the expectation for Japanese interest rates ...

The vaccine, typically given as 3 doses, was developed by China and hadn't previously been used in outbreak settings.

Two countries reported new polio cases this week: Pakistan, with 3 more wild poliovirus type 1 cases (WPV1), and the ...

CHINA’S stock market enters 2025 with a mix of uncertainty and potential, as investors weigh the prospects of government policy support and global trade challenges. According to Charles Schwab ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...

For the fourth quarter, retail sales rose 3.8% to the fastest pace of the year. Full-year retail sales grew by 3.5% — well lower than the 7.2% growth in 2023. China's economy continued to be ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. CORRECTS DATE - Workers inspect items at a chip maker in Binzhou city in east China’s Shandong province on ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to ...

while industrial output rose 5.8 per cent thanks to strong growth in manufacturing China’s population shrank by almost 1.4mn in 2024, the third consecutive year of declines Residential property ...

Thanks for joining us. Here are the key takeaways from China’s 2024 economic figures, the last big data release for the year. The numbers show the world’s No. 2 economy has picked up in the ...

China recorded one of its slowest rates of economic ... Retail sales, a key gauge of consumer sentiment, rose 3.5 per cent — a major slump from the 7.2 per cent growth seen in 2023 — though ...

The iPhone maker has turned to rare discounts to stimulate sales. The company launched a four-day promotion in China from Jan 4 to 7, offering price cuts of up to 500 yuan (US$68.50) on its iPhone ...