China
Analysis: China growth risks signal need for fiscal action
BEIJING - China may need a back-up plan to stop economic growth being cut short by a surprise dip in demand at home and abroad that suggests monetary policy easing steps taken since the final quarter of last year are insufficient to deal with the downturn.
Dalai Lama: China may have plotted to poison me
LONDON - Tibet's Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, fears China may have plotted to kill him by training female agents with poison in their hair and on their clothing, he told Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
Analysis: China growth risks signal need for fiscal action
BEIJING - China may need a back-up plan to stop economic growth being cut short by a surprise dip in demand at home and abroad that suggests monetary policy easing steps taken since the final quarter of last year are insufficient to deal with the downturn.
East Asian powers agree on trade pact talks
BEIJING - China, Japan and South Korea agreed at a summit on Sunday to launch negotiations for a three-way free trade pact they said could help fend off global economic chills, but the talks are expected to be long and difficult because of decades of rivalry.
East Asian powers set to push trade pact talks
BEIJING - China, Japan and South Korea will set in motion formal talks for a three-way free trade pact and unveil an accompanying investment treaty at a summit in Beijing on Sunday.
China acts to boost loans, bolster flagging economy
SHANGHAI - China's central bank cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves on Saturday, freeing an estimated 400 billion yuan ($63.5 billion) for lending to head-off the risk of a sudden slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
China criticizes Philippines on South China Sea protest
MANILA - China on Friday accused the Philippines of escalating an already tense territorial dispute over the South China Sea following a noisy but peaceful anti-Beijing protest in Manila.
China economy shows unexpected signs of weakness
BEIJING - China's economy stuttered unexpectedly in April with lower than expected output data, softening retail sales and easing prices suggesting economic headwinds might be stiffer than thought, requiring more robust policy responses to counter them.
Philippines on alert over anti-China protest, Beijing frets
MANILA - Security was tightened in the Philippines capital on Friday ahead of anti-Chinese protests over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, with both Beijing and Taipei warning their citizens to be on guard for violence.
House panel focuses on China's defense buildup
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are pushing for the Pentagon to provide more accurate reports on China's military development and for tighter controls on defense-related technology transfers to foreign countries.
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
Greek debt – remember the goats
Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
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