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Asia Pacific markets suffer heavy losses as death toll rises, with Chinese index closed until 3 FebruaryThe coronavirus outbreak will have a “significant” impact on Chinese growth, economists have warned, with the “wildcard” of still unknown infections…
More than a dozen people outside Vancouver courtroom with ‘Free Meng’ signs were promised C$100 for two hours’ work on a movieProtesters calling for the release of a senior Chinese telecommunications executive arrested in Canada have admitted they were…
Memories of 2003’s Sars outbreak cause jitters on financial markets, with Hong Kong worst hit, as death toll rises to fourShares have fallen across Asia Pacific amid mounting concerns about a new strain of coronavirus in China that has left at least fo…
Defence department refuses to reveal extent of exports as arms sold to UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Democratic Republic of CongoAustralian companies are selling weapons and military technology to countries around the world accused of war crimes, bu…
Administration drops charges as the two superpowers move closer to a trade dealThe Trump administration has withdrawn its designation of China as currency manipulator, as the two economic superpowers move closer to a trade deal.The decision to drop the…
Carmaker plans sustainable city that runs on hydrogen fuel cells, initially houses 2,000 people and uses internet technology in virtually all aspects of lifeToyota has unveiled plans to build a sustainable “city of the future” near Mount Fuji that will…
The businessman should have been kept in jail, prosecutors claim, because he had ‘financial power and foreign bases’Carlos Ghosn should have been kept in jail because his network of connections made it “easy for him to flee” house arrest, prosecutors i…
Prime minister reverses position on visit where coal was expected to feature heavily, just hours after saying trip was ‘still the plan’ Just hours after saying it was “still the plan” to go to India later this month for trade and defence talks, Scott M…
Wife dismisses reports husband escaped inside an instrument case as world awaits full explanation from fugitiveThe world will have to wait until next week for what could be the only definitive account of how Carlos Ghosn managed to leave Japan months b…
People’s Bank of China allows commercial banks to hold less capital in reserveChina’s central bank has acted to pump more liquidity into the country’s economy in an attempt to prevent growth slowing in 2020.The People’s Bank of China is allowing commer…
Brewer’s parent company, Kirin, provides foreign currency to military accused of genocideAustralian craft beer brewer Lion Little World has faced international criticism over a business partnership with the Myanmar military, which is accused of genocid…
Nostalgia for the good times has been a coping mechanism for the world’s third largest economyOn 29 December 1989, Japan’s Nikkei stock market index hit a high of 38,916, a milestone that proved to be the last hurrah of the country’s asset-inflated bub…
Retailer plans US expansion and overhaul of Regent Street branch in battle to compete with key rivals Fake snow is falling and a hyperactive elf is hopping around on the pavement, geeing up the crowd pressed against the windows of Hamleys toy store, wh…
References to Belt and Road initiative appeared on invitations to Chinese-Australian fundraising dinnerA Liberal party member who helped organise a Chinese-Australian business fundraising dinner has denied links to the Chinese Communist party after ref…
President and chairman of American Chamber of Commerce told to sign statement saying decision not to enter Macau was voluntaryThe chairman and president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong were separately denied entry to the neighbouring C…