The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) was listed last month in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Instead of picking another bank to partner up with, ICBC chose a consortium led by Goldman Sachs, including Allianz …

The Ministry of Commerce is predicting that China’s retail sales will reach 8.5 trillion yuan ($1.1 trillion) next year.
Total sales of goods are expected to be 20 trillion or $2.5 trillion – up 15%.
This year, …

Chinese and US officials are praising China’s efforts to meet World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments saying it is a win-win for everyone – China and the world.
The last major obstacle for China is to open …

Several think tanks in China are predicting that China’s latest macro control measures will give China’s economy a ’soft landing’.
Studies in Zibo City of Shandong Province and Baoding City of Hebei Province say that since …

China’s richest woman is worth, Zhang Yin, no relation to the other Zhang and old enough to her mother at 49, was ranked number 5 on a list of China’s richest.
Her fortune is estimated to …

When presidents get together, deals are struck. China’s president Hu Jintao is planning a visit to New Delhi.
An assistant commerce minister says that China and India are considering a free-trade area, following the reopening of …

A Chinese nutritional health expert reported that there are abt. 60 million Chinese who are obese while 24 million are suffering malnutrition and living in abject poverty.
The culprit in Chinese obesity is too much fat …

In 1987, mainland China and its renegade island started allowing personnel exchanges.Since then, more than 40 million people from Taiwan have made the cross-strait trip to the mainland. Taiwan’s current population is only 23 million.
The …

Holy toledo!
China banks have 7.6% of the loans they issue come back unpaid. And that figure is down 1.3% from the beginning of the year.
Of course, China’s banks lend money out the gazoo…but, still can …

Compared to last year housing prices were up 6.3% overall on a survey taken in September of 70 major Chinese cities. However, prices were down almost 1% from August.
China’s National Development and Reform Commission and …