4:27pm

Beijing tightens security as petitioners air grievances

Security around Tiananmen Square tightened

3:49am

New Year blamed for China imports dip

Export growth slows after factories close for celebrations

Chinese one-hundred yuan banknotes are arranged for a photograph in Hong Kong, China ©Bloomberg From GLOBAL ECONOMY 10:35am

China warns over fresh currency tensions

Competitive devaluations will hurt emerging nations, says Beijing

From MARKETS 5:20am

China Vanke dollar bond raises $800m

Landmark issue highlights strong appetite for Chinese real estate debt

11:42pm

US urges China to enact N Korea sanctions

UN Security Council resolution restricts cargo movements

From COMMENT Mar 7, 2013

China must seize rare chance for reform

The new leadership is more talented and entrepreneurial, says Zhang Weiying

A picture taken with a fisheye lens shows a general view of the opening session of the National Peoples Congress (NPC) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 05 March 2013. The NPC has over 3,000 delegates and is the world's largest parliament or legislative assembly though its function is largely as a formal seal of approval for the policies fixed by the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party ©EPA Mar 7, 2013

Chinese parliament holds 83 billionaires

Report identifies 17% rise in super-wealthy delegates

Global Insight Mar 6, 2013

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

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Mar 5, 2013

Wen issues China growth warning

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

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

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

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