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Chinese President Xi Jinping. Picture: CGIS

Chinese authorities relax restrictions on foreign funds

China has been pushing for an MSCI endorsement to elevate the status of mainland markets on the world stage and make the yuan a more international currency

Directive fuels talk of bid to crown Suu Kyi

Myanmar's National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to the opening of the new parliament in Naypyitaw on Monday. Picture: REUTERS

The article of the constitution bars anyone with a foreign spouse or foreign children from becoming president

Toshiba lifts loss forecast to $6bn after profit-padding scandal

Masashi Muromachi, chairman and interim president of Toshiba Corporation (left) sits with Hisao Tanaka, outgoing president and chief executive officer, during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday. Picture: BLOOMBERG/AKIO KON

The Japanese conglomerate said in January it was inflating tenfold a damages claim against a group of former executives in the wake of its accounting scandal

China bags seed giant to fill food gaps

Ren Jianxin, chairman of ChemChina hands over documents next to Michel Demare, chairman of Swiss farm chemicals giant Syngenta during a press conference to present Syngenta's annual results in Basel on Wednesday. Picture: AFP

State-owned ChemChina agrees to $43bn bid for Swiss seed and pesticide producer Syngenta, aiming to improve domestic food production

ChemChina chief thinks big with Syngenta offer

Ren Jianxin. Picture: REUTERS/ARNDWIEGMANN

Chinese offer for Swiss seeds group is country’s largest ever, write Matthew Miller and Chen Aizhu


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