China said Friday that output growth hit a three-year low in April, adding to pressure on Beijing to ease monetary policy after weak trade data the previous day fuelled fears over the giant economy. Official data showed on Friday that industrial output in the workshop of the world rose 9.3 percent last month, the slowest [...]

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Thursday urged China to allow its currency to strengthen further and push forward economic reforms, which he said were crucial to the global recovery. But his comments at the start of two-day talks between the world’s two biggest economies were overshadowed by a human rights row that has threatened already [...]

Major carmakers gathered in Beijing Monday for China’s leading auto show, seeking an edge in the world’s largest automobile market after a sharp slowdown in growth. China emerged as the world’s top car market in 2009, but the sector stalled dramatically last year, with sales rising just 2.5 percent to reach 18.51 million units, after [...]

Australian golfer Nick Cullen will try to become only the second player to claim back-to-back titles on the OneAsia tour when he tees off at the Volvo China Open Thursday. But the left-hander will find himself up against star players at Tianjin’s Binhai Lake Golf Club, including Englishmen Ian Poulter and Paul Casey, Sweden’s Peter [...]