All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 9 2017 // China pledged to keep nudging open the door to its mammoth financial industry — but it will do so at its own pace.On Thursday, amid a slew of Sino-U.S. dealmaking during President Donald Trump’s visit to China,...
Nov 8 2017 // A unit of state-owned China Taiping Insurance Group is in advanced talks to acquire a newly built office tower in Hong Kong from Henderson Land Development Co., according to people with knowledge of the matter.China...
Nov 3 2017 // Without legacy systems to drag down their efforts, companies in emerging market—and China, in particular – may be poised to outpace U.S. and European counterparts developing insurtech innovations.Unencumbered by legacy...
Oct 27 2017 // U.S. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency on Thursday, stopping short of a national emergency declaration he promised months ago that would have freed up more federal money.Responding...
Oct 18 2017 // ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc., a Shanghai, China-based express delivery company, announced it has joined a seven-member consortium of its peers to set up a logistics insurer.ZTO said the insurer is being launched to fill the...
Oct 11 2017 // U.S. businesses and trade groups are split over how forcefully to crack down on China over intellectual property theft, with some arguing the country is making progress on its own in enforcing protections and urging the...
Oct 6 2017 // The third quarter of 2017 is likely to break a new record as one of the costliest quarters for natural catastrophes, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.“The month...
Sep 28 2017 // Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta said it has agreed to settle tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits by farmers over the company’s rollout of a genetically engineered corn seed variety before China approved it for...
Sep 27 2017 // China’s top anti-corruption agency says the country’s former insurance regulator has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and turned over to prosecutors to face criminal charges.A weekend statement by...
Sep 27 2017 // The United States has asked China not to implement its new cyber security law and is concerned it could damage global trade in services, a U.S. document published by the World Trade Organization showed on Tuesday.China...
Sep 22 2017 // Russian National Reinsurance Co. (RNRC) aims to expand into China, India, the Middle East and Africa to increase income from premiums and diversify beyond Russia, the chief executive said.State-owned RNRC was set up mainly...
Sep 21 2017 // AIA Group Ltd. agreed to buy Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s life insurance business for A$3.8 billion (more than $3 billion), in its most ambitious foray beyond the Hong Kong-based company’s core markets in...
Sep 18 2017 // ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co., China’s largest online insurer, started taking orders for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $1.5 billion.The Shanghai-based company is offering...
Sep 18 2017 // A student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China is entitled to $41.7 million in damages, according to the Connecticut Supreme Court’s August ruling in support of a jury’s...
Sep 6 2017 // China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. Ltd. and HNA Group Co. Ltd. separately considered buying stakes in German insurer Allianz SE as part of plans to create a global financial empire, people with direct knowledge of...
Sep 5 2017 // Fosun International Ltd., one of the companies in the cross hairs of a Chinese government crackdown on offshore acquisitions, says its plans for growth don’t clash with the authorities’ agenda.The acquisitive...
Aug 31 2017 // Fosun International, one of China’s most acquisitive conglomerates, brushed off the impact of a crackdown on overseas dealmaking and said it welcomed Beijing’s guidelines on offshore investment, as it posted a...
Aug 22 2017 // The Connecticut Supreme Court in August supported a jury’s decision to award $41.7 million in damages to a student permanently disabled by a tick bite while on a school field trip in China, stating that schools in...
Aug 22 2017 // For years, Kai-Fu Lee would share his venture capital firm’s office space in Beijing with startups he was backing so they could get advice and collaborate with each other. But about three months ago, the last of the...
Aug 18 2017 // A group led by Yunfeng Financial Group Ltd., the company backed by billionaire Jack Ma, agreed to buy an Asian unit from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. to add insurance products to the array of financial services...