Mainland stocks in Hong Kong slumped the most in seven months, led by financial companies, as rising bets the Federal Reserve will raise borrowing costs this year derailed one of the world's best rallies.
Sinovation Ventures, the venture capital firm founded by former Google Inc executive Kai-Fu Lee, has raised more than $674 million for two new funds that will seek out investments in China and the United States.
Yang Dan, mother of a three-month-old son in Beijing, remembers relying on an array of digital apps for tips throughout her pregnancy: What to eat, when to have a checkup and how to connect with other expectant mothers.
Sin City and Asian investors are going all in on Chinese tourism, as some of Las Vegas' latest developments on and off the Strip target Chinese nationals and Chinese-Americans.
Exports are down in terms of absolute numbers, but China is eating up a larger chunk of the world's shrinking trade pie.
Chinese investors hold just 0.38 percent of Australia's agricultural land, said Scott Morrison, Australia's treasurer, on Wednesday, citing a report which he said should allay concern among Australian voters that the Asian nation is buying up farmland on a massive scale.
More than 125 million Chinese use their Sina Weibo accounts every day to gossip about celebrities, find hip restaurants and stay in touch with family. They also talk about stocks, and that has entrepreneurs listening.
China's efforts to tame financial-sector risks have slowed the overall growth in banks' shadow loans, though some of the country's mid-sized lenders are still pushing rapidly into the sector, according to an analysis of their latest filings.
Serena Williams couldn't get her mind off her sore left knee as she was sent reeling from the US Open semifinals on Thursday by 11th-ranked Czech Karolina Pliskova.
Reaching top of the world seemed to agree with Angelique Kerber, who celebrated her ascension to world No 1 with a 6-4 6-3 win over Caroline Wozniacki on Thursday to advance to the US Open final.
Former world No 1 Caroline Wozniacki couldn't make it back to a third US Open final, but the Dane was pleased to have proved naysayers wrong with her run to the final four.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will soon welcome two of the sport's game-changing stars - one big and one small.
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