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Overseas tourists help shrink New Zealand's current account deficit

​Record spending by foreign tourists helped offset plunging dairy prices to narrow New Zealand' s current account deficit at the end of last year, the government statistics agency said Wednesday.

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China becomes leading world exporter of cultural goods: UNESCO

China became the world's leading exporters of cultural goods in 2013, outpacing the United States, a UNESCO report showed on Thursday.

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China top trade partner of Vietnam: Vietnamese official

A Vietnamese official described China as a top partner of Vietnam with two-way trade of over 66 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 during an event held in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Monday.

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China's population to reach 1.42 billion by 2020

China's population will be about 1.42 billion by the end of 2020, according to the draft outline of a five-year plan released Saturday.

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China expected to surpass North America in box office in 2017

​Optimism has been flowing in China's film market over the past few months.

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S.Korea's institutional investment in foreign securities rise 27.3 bln USD in 2015

​South Korean financial institutions' investment into foreign securities rose 27.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 due to insurers' demand for foreign bonds, central bank data showed Thursday.

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Australian tourism exports see record growth last year

More overseas tourists came to Australia last year, spending more and staying longer, making 2015 the year with the highest-ever growth in international visitor expenditure, Minister for Trade and Investment Steve Ciobo announced Wednesday.

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Chinese tourists help keep New Zealand trade in surplus

​Spending by Chinese visitors helped offset plunging dairy prices to give New Zealand a slight trade surplus last year, the government statistics agency said Wednesday.

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WhatsApp will no longer work on BlackBerry and Nokia platforms

Here's some bad news for BlackBerry users, global messaging service WhatsApp is ending support for BlackBerry devices by the end this y

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Chinese visitors drive surge in New Zealand tourism revenues

​The total spending by international travellers to New Zealand soar by 31 percent to 9.7 billion NZ dollars (6.56 billion U.S. dollars) last year, largely thanks to a surge in spending by Chinese visitors, according to government figures out Friday.

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Hong Kong to spend 63 bln USD in 2016-2017 fiscal year: financial chief

The total expenditure for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government is estimated to reach 490 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 63 billion U.S. dollars) in the 2016-2017 financial year, 14 percent more than that of last year, Financial Secretary Tsang Chun-wah said here on Wednesday.

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Oil-producing nations retreat from Korean, Japanese stocks

Struggling to fill the hole in revenues left by the plunge in the oil price, investors from the world's major oil-producing countries were among the biggest sellers of South Korean and Japanese stocks over the past year.

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Aussie largest lender by assets reports 8 pct rise in Q1 earnings

​Australia's largest lender by assets on Tuesday announced an 8 percent rise in first quarter unaudited cash earnings on better results in its wealth division and higher lending volumes.

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Carbon sequestration to help China in climate change negotiations

China's forests and wider ecosystem store around 100 billion tonnes of carbon that would otherwise contribute to climate change talks, according to new official research.

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Chinese Internet giants woo customers with cash gifts

An incredible amount of gift money will be handed out at New Year by Chinese Internet companies competing for the mobile payment market.

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China's asset manager giant to raise 10 bln yuan before IPO

​China Orient Asset Management Corp. (COAMC), one of China's four largest asset managers that specializes in bad loans, said on Thursday that it will raise 10 billion yuan (1.53 billion U.S. dollars) ahead of its initial public offering (IPO).

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Falling exchange rate boosts record New Zealand wine exports

The value of New Zealand wine exports rose 14 percent to a record 1.54 billion NZ dollars (993. 45 million U.S. dollars) last year, driven by a falling exchange rate, the New Zealand Winegrowers industry body said Thursday.