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- Li Ka-shing buys EDF arm for £5.8bn
EDF Networks has low-voltage electricity distribution networks in the east and south of England, long-term contracts with businesses such as London Underground, Heathrow and Gatwick, and the Channel Tunnel - Danone sells stake in Chinese juice maker
Danone has sold its stake in Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group for €200m, less than half the amount Coca-Cola was prepared to pay in a deal that collapsed last year - Chinalco to unveil Rio Tinto mystery deal
People close to the Chinese state-owned miner suggest a venture with its Anglo-Australian rival could involve Simandou, an iron ore project in Guinea - China revs up renminbi expansion
The quest to turn the renminbi into an international reserve currency may take time, but Beijing is taking big steps in that direction. - US divided on how to tackle Huawei
US government agencies charged with reviewing sensitive acquisitions are engaged in a debate over how to handle Huawei, the Chinese software and telecoms equipment-maker viewed with deep scepticism by government security experts - India's tortoise must turn on the speed
Foreign direct investment, though not yet at China's ear-popping heights, has quadrupled since 2005 to a very handy $40bn but could be more, writes David Pilling - IMF staff and board split on renminbi
The disagreement among the 24-member board on the currency weakens the pressure on China further to revalue the renminbi after it abandoned its peg to the dollar - China banks resigned to defaults
In most countries, the revelation that local governments would default on a fifth of their bank loans would be greeted with alarm. But in China the news came as a pleasant surprise - Chinese banks face state loans turmoil
China's banks are facing serious default risks on more than one-fifth of the Rmb7,700bn they have lent to local governments across the country, senior Chinese officials say - China gas growth to hit western groups
International energy groups are set to miss out on billions of dollars of future sales during the next decade as China, their most voracious customer, aggressively develops its own large gas reserves
- Li Ka-shing buys EDF arm for £5.8bn
EDF Networks has low-voltage electricity distribution networks in the east and south of England, long-term contracts with businesses such as London Underground, Heathrow and Gatwick, and the Channel Tunnel - Danone sells stake in Chinese juice maker
Danone has sold its stake in Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group for €200m, less than half the amount Coca-Cola was prepared to pay in a deal that collapsed last year - Chinalco to unveil Rio Tinto mystery deal
People close to the Chinese state-owned miner suggest a venture with its Anglo-Australian rival could involve Simandou, an iron ore project in Guinea - US divided on how to tackle Huawei
US government agencies charged with reviewing sensitive acquisitions are engaged in a debate over how to handle Huawei, the Chinese software and telecoms equipment-maker viewed with deep scepticism by government security experts - China banks resigned to defaults
In most countries, the revelation that local governments would default on a fifth of their bank loans would be greeted with alarm. But in China the news came as a pleasant surprise - Chinese banks face state loans turmoil
China's banks are facing serious default risks on more than one-fifth of the Rmb7,700bn they have lent to local governments across the country, senior Chinese officials say - Chinese banks
Uncomfortable echoes of the country's last banking crisis a decade ago - China gas growth to hit western groups
International energy groups are set to miss out on billions of dollars of future sales during the next decade as China, their most voracious customer, aggressively develops its own large gas reserves - Thriving China is ever more open for business
Foreign companies drive economic growth abroad through their Chinese operations, and create jobs in developed countries by buying capital goods and services, writes Chen Deming - Oil spill proves wake-up call for China
Black oil is washing ashore, people are drowning in the viscous oil slick, and efforts to clean up the mess are floundering. That might sound like the Gulf of Mexico but it is actually happening along the coast of Dalian in China