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An official survey shows that China’s factory activity contracted in January for the first time in four months

Patanjali Foods Ltd has recalled four tonnes of red chilli powder from the retail market after national foods regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) asked the company to recall a specified batch of the same due to non-conformity with food safety norms.

The Chinese government is trying to encourage people to spend more by ensuring that share prices will rise, ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest more in domestic stock markets

Japan saw record-high exports last year, as its annual trade deficit declined 44% from the previous year

cinema has been started by Chanel's Culture Fund. This project, which focuses on film restoration, experimental initiatives, and cultural interaction throughout Hong Kong and Thailand, bridges the gap between tradition and innovation with the help of well-known individuals Tilda Swinton and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Hong Kong stocks weakened on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted at potential new tariffs on Chinese imports, ending a brief reprieve for the markets. The blue-chip CSEI 300 Index declined 1.1% in early trade, the biggest retreat in nearly two weeks, and the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9%.

Global shares are mixed in a muted reaction to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, while U.S. futures have advanced

Xi Jinping once looked supreme, unimpeachable and irreproachable. He was perched high upon a pedestal he and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) erected after he became supremo in 2012.

Asian shares are higher after U.S. stock indexes rallied to close out their best week in two months

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China has reported that its economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2024, slower than the year before but still hitting Beijing’s target of “around 5%” growth

Mayuresh Joshi, Head-Equity, Marketsmith India, says global circumstances, including Trump's potential return to office and global inflation trends, are largely beyond our control. While recent data showed some improvement, uncertainty remains, particularly regarding its effects on bond yields and interest rates. Currently, the situation is inconsistent, and corporate earnings may continue to weaken, posing challenges for emerging markets. A selective approach is essential this year, focusing on specific sectors and individual stocks, making it a market driven by stock selection. We can safely say we are out of the woods once a large chunk of earnings is behind us because that, in some sense, is the true litmus test? Mayuresh Joshi: Absolutely, right. Out of all the large emerging markets that we track, earnings is going to be a big concern, and specifically because of that, earnings downgrades. India, Hong Kong, and China are something that we put under pressure as far as the market outlook is concerned. And therefore, how this earnings season plays out specifically and what corporates have to say in terms of the outlook ahead for 2025 is going to be extremely critical.

Asian stocks slipped in early trading after US shares struggled to gain traction as traders prepared for a swath of Chinese data scheduled Friday including fourth-quarter growth. Shares in Japan fell as the yen largely held onto gains from earlier in the week, while those in Australia fluctuated, weighed by Rio Tinto Group following a report it has held early stage talks on combining its business with Glencore Plc. US equity futures were little changed.

China finished the year strong after some companies stockpiled shipments of apparel, toys, furniture and electronics ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's plan to impose new tariffs that could revive a trade war between the world's economic superpowers.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China is walking a tightrope on its currency. Economic fundamentals suggest a weaker yuan, but the specter of capital outflows still haunts Beijing, making it wary of any sharp moves in the currency.

Britain’s Treasury chief has kicked off a China visit aimed at boosting economic and financial cooperation between the countries, as the U.K.’s Labour government seeks to reset strained ties with Beijing

Donald Trump that the United States should take it over. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ricaurte Vasquez denied Trump's claims that China was controlling the canal's operations, and said making exceptions to current rules concerning its operation would lead to «chaos.» He said Chinese companies operating in the ports on either end of the canal were part of a Hong Kong consortium that won a bidding process in 1997. He added that U.S. and Taiwanese companies are operating other ports along the canal as well. Trump has gone so far as to suggest the US should take back control of the canal and he would not rule out using military might to do so.

Britain’s Treasury chief is travelling to China this weekend to discuss economic and financial cooperation between the countries, as the U.K.‘s Labour government seeks to reset frayed ties with Beijing

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Stocks dropped in Tokyo and Sydney, with futures for Hong Kong also declining. US contracts slipped, after a range-bound session for the S&P 500 Wednesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 ended little changed. Nvidia Corp. dipped in post-market trading after a report said the Biden administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips.