China launched its long-awaited renminbi-denominated oil futures contract on Monday, as the world’s largest crude importer seeks to extend its influence over the pricing of barrels sold into Asia. 周一，中国上市了外界期待已久的人民币计价... [ 阅读全文 ]
Nikolay Storonsky prides himself on straight answers. “Ninety-five per cent of founders, they will bullshit you. I’m not going to do it,” says the co-founder and chief executive of Revolut, which offers app-based financial services. The... [ 阅读全文 ]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, battling scandal at home and facing collateral damage from a possible US-China trade war, has pledged to push ahead with his divisive plan to revise the “peace clause” of Japan’s constitution. 在竭力应对国内的... [ 阅读全文 ]
The Philippines, faced with an approaching energy crunch and a maritime dispute with China overshadowing one of its biggest offshore gasfields, has outlined plans to invite oil and gas companies to develop 14 petroleum blocks elsewhere in... [ 阅读全文 ]
Over the past three decades, China’s economy achieved one growth miracle by means of another: the expansion of its cities through the migration of hundreds of millions of rural workers. 过去三十年，中国数亿农村劳动力进城带来的奇迹般的城市... [ 阅读全文 ]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered by Chinese entrepreneurs as the most promising area in the innovation economy in 2018, says a Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) report released last Tuesday. 硅谷银行上周二发布的一份报告称，人工智能被中国... [ 阅读全文 ]
The US Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points and signaled two more rate hikes in 2018, citing strengthened economic outlook in recent months. 因近几个月经济前景“有所改善”，美国联邦储蓄委员会近日宣布将其基... [ 阅读全文 ]
A recent fall of really strange orange-tinted snow is making headlines after it swept across a swathe of Eastern Europe. Images on social media from Russia show mountainous landscapes tinged auburn, where usually they are pristine white.... [ 阅读全文 ]
Chinese conglomerate HNA’s efforts to strengthen its finances have been dealt a blow with the collapse of plans to raise up to SFr1.3bn ($1.37bn) by listing Gategroup, the Swiss airline catering business it acquired less than two years ag... [ 阅读全文 ]