It is high time for European Union (EU) member states to grant full market economy status to China, the second largest trading partner of the 28-nation bloc.
Chinese internet search giant Baidu has set its eyes on India. The Nasdaq-listed company, which has a market cap of nearly $60 billion, is looking to buy "strategic stakes" in local startups such as restaurant search service provider Zomato, online movie and event tickets seller Bookmyshow and food retailer Big Basket.
Investors see in the suspension of circuit breakers a sign market regulator may improve the rules of the game.
Volatility in China's stock market is feeding an appetite for fixed income investment products among China's small investors, driving them to Tencent's marketplace.
Many analysts expect further monetary easing, some moves on the currency front Last week's stock-market volatility, attendant automatic triggering of the new circuit breakers and their subsequent suspension are expected to result in fresh measures by the authorities concerned this week, analysts said.
Most movie industry observers expect China will overtake the United States to become the world's largest film market, by revenue, by 2017.
China announced Thursday night that it will from Friday suspend the stock market "circuit breaker" mechanism that has been implemented since the beginning of this year.
Under the current situation where the market widely believes that the bullish bond market will continue, to reasonably cool down the bond market may promote its rational development.
Chinese equities dived on Thursday morning, triggering the 7 percent circuit breaker, which halted trading of equities, index futures and options for the remainder of the day.
The stock market plunges on Monday and Tuesday morning might have marked a rocky start for China's capital market. Jitters aside, the capital market is expected to experience an eventful year and a smoother journey thanks to a series of reforms.
Chinese regulators leapt to support stock markets on Tuesday (Jan 5), the day after a major crash, with the central bank pouring cash into the money market system and the securities regulator suggesting it might restrict share sales by major shareholders.
Fundraising by China's new IPOs in 2016 is estimated to hit 250 billion yuan ($40 billion) to 300 billion yuan this year, making the A-share IPO market the biggest one globally, accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday.
The highly-anticipated stock listing reform, which will be launched in March of 2016 at the earliest according to the latest legal changes, is set to usher in a new era for China's stock market, officials and experts have said.
Chinese lawmakers on Sunday approved a State Council proposal for stock listing reform at the end of a bimonthly legislative session which began Monday in Beijing.
Standard & Poor’s has released its latest Global Financial Literacy Survey. Statistics show that only 45 percent Chinese would calculate compound interest from savings, and their knowledge about other wealth management basics is poor. To put their money in the bank for fixed term deposit is still the predominant way of wealth management for Chinese households.
The confrontation between China Vanke Co Ltd, the country's largest residential developer,and its largest shareholder Baoneng Group escalated on Monday after news reportssuggested that Vanke may have sought government support to resolve the crisis.
Chinese lawmakers will deliberate on a registration-based stock listing, proposed by the State Council, China's Cabinet, during the legislative session which began Monday in Beijing.
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