The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real estate.

China's central bank suspended treasury bond purchases on Friday, briefly lifting yields and spurring speculation it is stepping up defence of the yuan currency which has been sliding since the election of Donald Trump as U.

China’s central bank has hit pause on government-bond purchases, citing excess demand. The People's Bank of China has already moved to support the country's flagging currency, through sett

Beijing has called out the European Union for imposing unfair trade barriers on Chinese companies, ending a monthslong investigation into the bloc’s efforts to protect its businesses from foreign subsidies.

Officials announce probe in July after Brussels began looking into whether Chinese government subsidies were undermining European competition

China said an investigation had found the European Union imposed unfair "trade and investment barriers." China on Thursday said that the investigations conducted by the European Union into Chinese firms constituted "unfair trade and investment barriers.

Taiwan and China traded barbs over what the government in Taipei suspects was a Chinese-linked ship's damage to an undersea communications cable off the island's coast, an incident that has raised alarm bells on the island.

By bno - Taipei Bureau Taiwan’s investigation into damage to an undersea communications cable has sparked heightened tensions, with a Chinese-registered vessel emerging as a key figure in the case. The incident,