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Alibaba reports 22 pct rise in quarterly revenue

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba on Friday reported a rosy quarterly revenue despite the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group's revenue in the quarter e

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Commentary: Four reasons why post-pandemic world can be confident in China's economy

As China, like other countries, has taken a hit by the shock of the coronavirus pandemic, pessimists in the West rushed to draw a dark picture for the Chinese economy.

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China's service outsourcing industry speeds up recovery

China's service outsourcing industry sped up its recovery from the novel coronavirus epidemic in April, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Wednesday. Chinese

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China's fiscal revenue down 14.5 percent in Jan.-Apr.

VCGChina's fiscal revenue continued to decline in the first four months of the year under the influence of COVID-19, official data showed Monday.The country's fiscal re

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Ryanair announces over 250 job cuts amid pandemic crisis

Europe's largest budget airline Ryanair announced on Friday that it has cut more than 250 jobs in order to face its shrinking business due to the impact of the COVID-19

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Volkswagen's global sales down 45 pct in April

Volkswagen's global sales plummeted by 45.4 percent in April year-on-year to a total of 437,500 vehicles, Germany's largest carmaker announced on Friday.Sales in wester

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China's economic recovery quickens amid improving leading indicators

China's economic activities are picking up the pace of resumption, as shown by several leading indicators including the number of cargo volume, power generation and co

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China's foreign trade powerhouse registers positive growth in April

East China's Jiangsu Province, China's major export-oriented economic powerhouse, reported a year-on-year increase of 11 percent in foreign trade in April, which repre

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Global oil demand to contract by 9 mln barrels per day in 2020: OPEC

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) revised down its forecast of global oil demand for 2020, predicting a 9.07 million barrels per day (b/d) y

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China's macro leverage ratio increases in Q1

Headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing. /VCGChina's macro leverage ratio has increased in the first quarter as the country stepped up credit support to m

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What do China's April CPI and PPI indicate?

Editor's note: Liu Chunsheng is an associate professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics in China as well as deputy dean of Blue Source Capital Researc

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China's new yuan loans rise in April

China's new yuan-denominated loans continued to climb in April as the country stepped up credit support to inject liquidity into the real economy, official data showed

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HKSAR gov't officials urge society, particularly youngsters, to deter violence

Photo taken on May 4, 2020 shows the Central district of Hong Kong, south China. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)Chief Secretary for Administration of China's HKSAR government Matt

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Spotlight: U.S. unemployment surges to Depression-era level, analysts say it will only get worse

New data showed that U.S. employers cut a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, erasing a decade of job gains since the global financial crisis and pushing the unempl

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Chengdu overachieves amid global downturn

Economic outlook remains positive in 2020 for Sichuan capitalChengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, reported a better-than-expected economic performanc

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Economic Watch: Long-awaited holiday ignites spending revival in China

Fast food restaurant A'wen once again recorded over 10,000 monthly orders as customers with newly issued digital coupons flooded the eatery situated near North Bund in

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HKSAR chief executive vows more measures to prop up economy in Hong Kong

Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said Tuesday that the HKSAR government will roll out more measures to prop up econ