Yadea set for $286m Hong Kong share offer

Yadea Group Holdings Ltd, China's largest two-wheeled electric vehicle manufacturer by output, has launched a 1.86 billion yuan ($286 million) share offer in Hong Kong.

Financials off in HK amid stimulus speculation

Mainland stocks in Hong Kong resumed declines Wednesday as financial companies retreated amid speculation the central government will refrain from adding stimulus even as the economy slows.

Beijing's elderly enjoy best benefits

Beijing has topped a newly created league table of China's most elderly-friendly areas, ahead of Shanghai and Zhejiang province.

P&G delivers 6m diapers to 96 orphanages

Pampers, one of global retail giant Procter & Gamble Co's biggest business units, is donating 6 million paper diapers to 96 orphanages across China to raise awareness of the importance of sleep to young people.

Starbucks reaches out to Chinese youth

Wang Huihui, a 17-year-old from Luoyang in Henan province, came to Beijing just after graduating from middle school.

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Apple's China suppliers hit by revenue slump

Apple Inc's major Chinese suppliers saw their revenues hit hard in the first quarter, in the wake of the technology giant's latest quarterly earnings which showed a 13 percent drop in revenue.

Major molybdenum firm in DRC purchase

China Molybdenum Co, the country's largest producer of the chemical element, has agreed to buy a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Phoenix-based Freeport-McMoRan Inc for $2.65 billion, as the US firm reduces debt racked up in the commodities boom.

Curbs on backdoor listing valuations 'being considered'

China's stock regulator is considering measures to curb the flow of overseas-traded Chinese companies seeking backdoor listings in the domestic equity market, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Tech companies 'should do more' against probe

A new probe into alleged patent violations by ZTE Corp and Lenovo Corp Ltd in the United States illustrates just how Chinese tech enterprises should do more to integrate patent protection measures within their overseas expansion plans, according to experts.

HNA lines up takeover of Singapore logistics firm

HNA Group Co Ltd plans to buy a controlling stake worth around $1 billion in CWT Ltd, a listed Singapore logistics company, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Stocks sink as latest trade data disappoints

China's stocks capped their biggest two-day loss since late February, led by commodity producers and industrial companies, as trade data disappointed and the People's Daily warned about the country's rising debt in a front-page article.