XI'AN, China (Reuters) - A gleaming new $1.4 billion airport extension, a $5.2 billion bullet train and Samsung's planned $7 billion electronics plant, touted as the largest single high-tech foreign investment in China, are sure signs of economic intent in ancient Xi'an. Full story
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and China will launch direct yen-yuan trade in the Tokyo and Shanghai markets from June 1, Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said on Tuesday. Full story
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp <8002.T> is nearing a deal to buy U.S. grains merchant Gavilon for more than $5 billion including debt and could announce the transaction as early as Tuesday afternoon in Tokyo, according to people familiar with the matter. Full story
BEIJING (Reuters) - China should further open its fledgling services sector to foreign investment to help sustain its economic rise, World Trade Organisation Director General Pascal Lamy said on Monday. Full story
LONDON (Reuters) - Copper extended gains on Monday on hopes of more stimulus from China, and after Greek conservative parties topped opinion polls, helping calm fears over contagion should Athens default on its debt and leave the euro. Full story
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - JPMorgan Asset Management has cut its investments in commodity companies as it turns more risk averse due to slowing economic growth in China and India and the debt crisis in the euro zone. Full story
An elderly Chinese man has forced work to stop on a building development in the Chinese city of Kunming. The 70-year-old has turned his home into a fortress, and is fighting against eviction. ITN’s Angus Walker reports.
Discussing whether China's economy could be on the brink of collapse, with Gordon Chang, Forbes columnist, and Peter Navarro, UC-Irvine business professor.
A slowdown in the Chinese economy could have rippled effects across the globe, Columbia University's Dr. Jeffrey Sachs tells Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. Sachs, fresh from a trip to China, discusses the country's economy. Bloomberg Businessweek's Josh Green join the conversation to discuss h
Should Greece exit the euro zone and is China's economy weaker than analyst suggest? Marc Faber, Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, weighs in on those two scenarios and explains why he's making a move to gold.
Author James Fallows of China Airborne talks about the country’s aviation boom. Fallows also discusses how the improvements in aviation is helping China’s military as well.
A China Railway High-speed Harmony bullet train Railway train arrives at Xi'an North Railway Station in Xi'an, Shaanxi province May 28, 2012. A gleaming new $1.4 billion airport extension, a $5.2 billion bullet train and Samsung's planned $7 billion electronics plant, touted as the largest single h
