China
Romney appeals to U.S. business with harsh China talk
RESTON, Virginia - Mitt Romney slammed China's "autocratic model" of capitalism in a speech to technology executives on Friday, keeping up attacks on the economic powerhouse days before a visit from a Chinese official expected to be the country's next leader.
Analysis: Aluminium losing battle against oversupply
LONDON - Excess capacity in aluminium smelting will drag on for years to come, even while losses weigh on producers, as political pressures in China and Russia to keep jobs and push self-sufficiency prevent or delay plant closures.
Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade
BEIJING/HAMBURG - China said on Friday it would send a senior official to Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, and India indicated it would also weigh in, as Asia's two giants seek to head off new sanctions already playing havoc with trade.
U.S. designers lag European labels in wooing China
NEW YORK - China is in fashion for top U.S. designers as they look to tap the world's fastest-growing luxury goods market amid a slow economic recovery at home, but critics say they have lagged their European rivals in seeing the Asian giant's potential.
China economy shows strain as policy shift eyed
BEIJING - China betrayed signs of spluttering domestic demand on Friday as imports crumbling to their lowest in more than two years and weaker-than-forecast bank lending signaled to investors that policymakers would soon make a fresh bid to bolster growth. | Video
Origin expects to grow China's first GMO corn in 2013
BEIJING - Origin Agritech Ltd said it expects the Chinese government to approve its genetically modified organism (GMO) corn for production in 2013, China's first GMO strain in commercial production, its chairman Han Gengchen said on Friday.
Myanmar refugees tell of violence despite peace calls
NONGDAO, China - In an obscure part of southwest China, a refugee crisis from one of the world's longest running and least known conflicts in Myanmar is slowly unfolding, largely ignored by the outside world and denied by China.
Alibaba's Ma faces big Yahoo test
SHANGHAI - If anyone can pull off the labyrinthine deal between Alibaba Group and Yahoo Inc, it's Jack Ma, who founded the e-commerce group and within a decade unlocked China's huge online shopping potential.
China imports slump, raising demand concerns
BEIJING - China's imports in January fell the most since the depths of the global financial crisis, raising concerns that demand may be weaker than previously thought even allowing for Lunar New Year factory shutdowns.
Analysis: China wrestles with role in Syria and beyond
BEIJING - After bowing to Western pressure over Libya a year ago, China blocked a move pressing Syria's leader to step down, exposing the difficulties Beijing faces in deciding when to go along with and when to rebuff demands piling up at its door.
Reuters Breakingviews
The China Files
Can China keep up the astonishing growth rate it has witnessed in the past three decades? And if not, what strain will this put on the country's political system? Reuters Breakingviews editor Hugo Dixon looks at China's future in this series. Commentary
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