China's manufacturing business activity slightly expanded in May, indicated by a Purchasing Managers Index reading of 50.2, up from 50.1 in April, according to official data.
Malaysia's loss-making national carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd said on Monday that it was confident of breaking even by 2018 and weathering the fallout from the twin tragedies in 2014.
Fast food giant KFC said on Monday that it has filed lawsuits against three Chinese companies, whose social media accounts spread false claims about the quality of its food.
Women in China play a very important role in management. A larger proportion of women occupy leadership positions in China than in most countries, including most Western countries, though the proportion is still far below half.
The International Monetary Fund is going to reevaluate the currency basket of Special Drawing Rights this year, and one of the options is to include the renminbi in the basket. Christine Lagarde, president of the IMF, says China should further speed up the capital account liberalization to achieve this goal.
Within three years the Chinese green bond market could be the world's largest and have a significant impact on global financial markets, said Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative.
China has the potential to become the world's largest market for green bonds because of its government's commitment to tackle pollution by setting up a green financial system, experts say.
Officials dazzled by big economic ideas seem unconcerned about care for China's elderly.
Feng Shan Ho disobeyed orders and continued issuing Shanghai entry visas to Jews, thus saving many from certain death at the hands of the Nazis. For the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, his heroism was honored where it happened: in Vienna, Austria.
Plaque in Vienna commemorates Feng Shan Ho's heroic deeds MANLI HO
Liu Enzhuan is a free trade economist and professor at the Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. He was also a member of the team that worked on the draft document for the Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone.
Greece's cash-strapped government insisted it was "very close" to reaching a vital deal with bailout lenders, but the optimism in Athens was swiftly shot down by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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