4:15pm

Billionaires in China’s parliament named

Report identifies 17% rise in super-wealthy delegates

Global Insight 6:53pm

Pentagon warnings unheeded as cuts approach

Until recently, the defence department did not even start to plan for sequestration

Mar 6, 2013

Tax fails to end Chinese love of property

Sales up, prices increase and divorces jump

China's Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ©Reuters Mar 5, 2013

Wen takes final bow leaving divided legacy

Premier delivers final address but doubts linger over belief in reform

Notebook from COMMENT Mar 5, 2013

A guide to gifting in the new China

Tigers and flies are having to change their diet in line with a sudden distaste for corruption

From MARKETS Mar 5, 2013

China Vanke to issue its first dollar bond

Investor roadshow coincides with sell-off in developer stocks

China's Premier Wen Jiabao delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ©Reuters From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 5, 2013

Wen issues China growth warning

Outgoing premier says 7.5% GDP target will be ‘hard to attain’

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang walks past President Hu Jintao, Vice President Xi Jinping and Premier Wen Jiabao as they arrive at the opening session of the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ©AFP Mar 5, 2013

China boosts defence spending by 10.7%

Double-digit increase in line with growth in recent years

Mar 5, 2013

US can pursue Deloitte’s China documents

Bid to get audit papers relate to fraud probe into Chinese group

A woman rides a bike in the heavy smog with a mask on a street in Haozhou, central China's Anhui province on January 30, 2013. Across China public frustration mounted this week as dense smog blanketed swathes of the country, with even state-run media questioning the authorities' ability to meet their goal of building a "beautiful China ©AFP From MULTIMEDIA Mar 4, 2013

China pollution: battling the smog

Online campaigns have allowed ordinary Chinese to vent their anger over environmental damage

Mar 4, 2013

Stand-off in Chinese village over land grab

Shangpu residents call for elections for new village chief

Global Insight Mar 4, 2013

Xi’s task exposes limits of central control

Parliament’s anointing of its president masks erosion of Beijing’s control

Mar 4, 2013

Weibo alters China’s environmental debate

State responds to online anger over air pollution

beyondbrics Mar 4, 2013

beyondbrics: Samsung: chemical leak raises further doubts over working conditions

beyondbrics Mar 4, 2013

China property curbs hit stocks

From COMPANIES Mar 3, 2013

Samsung code of conduct put to test

Case shows how ‘babble-language’ is under scrutiny

Mar 3, 2013

Tensions rise in China’s tiny democracy

One year on from Wukan elections, some locals are unhappy

Mar 3, 2013

China gathers to formalise new leadership

Ceremonial 10-day conclave will highlight policy priorities

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 1, 2013

China’s manufacturing growth slows

Official purchasing managers’ index dips to 50.1 in February

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 28, 2013

EU to investigate Chinese solar-panel glass

Anti-dumping probe comes on top of €21bn trade case

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