Chinese President Xi Jinping

(Apr 4): The US proposed imposing 25% tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese-made products, focusing on high-tech items from semiconductors to lithium batteries while seeking to minimise the impact on American consumers.

(Mar 15): It was 24 hours that illustrated why the US is struggling to counter China’s rising geopolitical clout.

(Mar 7): The Trump administration is considering clamping down on Chinese investments in the US and imposing tariffs on a broad range of its imports to punish Beijing for its alleged theft of intellectual property, according to people familiar with the ma

SINGAPORE (Nov 29): The overall performance of the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme-included funds (CPFIS-included funds) for 3Q17 ended September increased by 2.7% on average.

(Oct 25): Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled a new leadership line-up that didn’t include a clear potential heir, breaking with a quarter-century-old succession system and raising the chances that he might seek to stay in office beyond 2022.

(Sept 20): Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s visit to China this week signals efforts on both sides to reaffirm relations that have showed strains over the past year -- both in its timing and number of high-level meetings.

SINGAPORE (July 20): China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – formerly known as One Belt, One Road (OBOR) – represents an economic development funding plan that is worth about US$4 trillion ($5.5 trillion) in foreign direct investment (FDI) along tw

(July 18): The onshore yuan rose for the sixth day in a row, the longest run of gains since 2015, boosted by a stronger central bank fixing and data showing China’s economy held up in the second quarter.

(July 17): Sun Zhengcai, who was abruptly replaced as Communist Party chief of the Chinese city of Chongqing, is under investigation for violating party regulations, according to four officials with knowledge of the matter.

(July 7): Since global capital was set free following the end of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s, countries have struggled to tame the consequences of unbridled money flows without walling off their economies.