IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.7% for 2018, 2019
With trade growth set to slow sharply amid a trade war between the United States and China, the IMF
Zambia not concerned about “Lumumba’s opinions”
Zambia’s refusal to grant Professor Patrick Lumumba entry, has raised suspicions the country is
China hikes 2019 non-state oil import quota
China has hiked its 2019 crude oil import quota for “non-state trade”, generally meaning independent
China executes man who killed nine in school stabbing
China executed a man on Thursday for killing nine students and injuring 11 others in a knife attack
China ‘doesn’t want me to win’ upcoming polls: Trump
US President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of working against his Republican Party in
Iran, major powers labour to keep nuclear deal afloat
In a statement after a meeting of Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and Iran, the group said
Alibaba’s Ma says 1m US jobs pledge thwarted by trade row
Alibaba founder Jack Ma said his ambitious pledge to create one million jobs in the US had been
China’s ‘Maradona’: the ‘Soccer Nut’ still going strong at 63
Friends call him “Maradona” and Chinese media have dubbed him “Soccer Nut” — Zhao Chongshan is 63
Rand strengthens against dollar
The rand has strengthened in early trade as a weaker dollar lifts investor appetite for riskier
Trump slaps tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods
US President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with China imposing 10 percent tariffs on about
Super typhoon slams into China after pummelling Philippines
A super typhoon made landfall in China’s Guangdong on Sunday, the country’s most populous
Bhutan seeks more happiness in third election ever
Voters in Bhutan, “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, went to the polls Saturday in the first round of
Alibaba, Russian tech firm Mail.ru to launch new venture
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Russian technology group Mail.ru on Tuesday announced a deal to
China calls on US, N. Korea to implement Singapore deal
China’s top legislator voiced hope that North Korea and the United States will implement their
Alibaba founder Jack Ma to step down in 2019, pledges ‘smooth transition’
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announced on Monday he would step down as leader of the pioneering…
Lumumba unpacks Africa, China trade relations
Professor Patrick LO Lumumba is a Kenyan orator, intellectual, legal expert and scholar who
Trump threatens tariffs on all imports from China
President Donald Trump threatened Friday to slap tariffs on all of the Chinese goods imported into
China to allow soybean imports from Ethiopia
Beijing is seeking more sources for soybean imports and finding alternative protein sources for
President Ramaphosa invites China’s Jack Ma to Investor Conference
President Cyril Ramaphosa has lobbied big names for the much anticipated Investor Conference planned
Ramaphosa on drive to spur economic growth
President Cyril Ramaphosa will continue his investment drive on Wednesday after concluding his state