A much-anticipated pilot project to connect stock trading in Shanghai and Hong Kong aims to open up A-shares and usher in further reform in China's capital market.
Burkina Faso's army fired warning shots and dispersed thousands of protesters from state TV offices in the capital on Sunday as an opposition leader attempted to declare herself the new interim president of the West African country.
Being dubbed "Ha Long Bay on land," Trang An landscape complex is the first in Vietnam being recognized by UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a mixed cultural and natural site in 2014.
The Syrian forces killed up to 32 rebels on Wednesday in the countryside of capital Damascus, local media reported.
Cairo, the overcrowded capital city of the most populous Arab country Egypt, will be cleaner and more orderly within two months, Cairo governor Galal al-Saeed told Xinhua in an exclusive interview, speaking of a massive campaign to clean the capital city, reduce traffic congestion, eliminate slums and restore order after three years of political turmoil.
The Myanmar Ministry of Finance will shape a capital market in the country after joining the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Japan International Agency (JICA), official media reported Wednesday.
China's top economic planner has invited social capital to invest in a list of 80 projects, the latest step in bringing private funds to infrastructure investment.
Thailand was declared under martial law on Tuesday in the face of a looming street chaos in the Thai capital.
Vietnamese prime minister on Wednesday instructed relevant ministries and agencies to take urgent and drastic measures to control measles outbreaks in the country and minimize the fatalities.
China is placing its faith in venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funds to boost financial support for rural areas, according to a government document published on Tuesday.
India's human rights watchdog has asked the Delhi Police to take action against the national capital's former Law Minister Somnath Bharti for his controversial midnight raid on the residences of some Ugandan nationals in January this year, sources said Monday.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday rejected the capital plan of Citigroup Inc. on " qualitative concerns" as part of its annual comprehensive capital checkup based on stress test result.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday urged healthy development of the country's capital market through reforms and innovation.
China will approve five private banks on a trial basis, the latest move in opening the previously-closed sector to private capital, according to the country's banking regulator.
The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) gained more access to offshore yuan on Friday as China cautiously moves to achieve the free flow of its currency.
China's top oil refiner Sinopec announced on Wednesday that it would bring in social and private capital to jointly market and sell its oil products, the first opening up of the largely monopolized area.
Venture capital funds have nurtured Russia's national innovation system. Russia's venture market was the fastest-growing market in Europe, and ranked fourth in Europe in 2012 in terms of numbers,
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