China, direct-to-consumer sales are driving revenue growth for the parka maker.

US and European stock markets struggle; pound volatile as Brexit dominates

Growth in online advertising, mobile payments and cloud services boosts tech group

Gains for region’s manufacturers are likely to be offset by slowing Chinese demand

US move turns up heat in campaign to decouple world’s two largest economies

Retail and property sales stutter while credit growth slides to all-time low

Miners want to tap subsea cobalt deposits for green technologies, but environmentalists worry

Communist party keen to control business news as growth slows and discontent simmers

Ma Jian says Beijing will use authoritarian playbook deployed in Tibet to stifle dissent

Chinese social media group’s shares are down by almost 40% since January

Discrepancies in profit figures cited by world’s largest crypto mining hardware maker

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As the G20 Argentina summit nears, hopes of a trade war truce are building

Involvement of elite students a reminder for some of Tiananmen Square demonstrations

Authorities fear that not compensating financial victims risks social unrest

Beijing’s deleveraging drive to start bearing fruit, some believe

Frustration over dimming prospects for democracy fuel separatist sentiment

President warns of new difficulties ‘obtaining’ foreign technology

Renminbi credit pile and slowdown in housing market renew fears over key sector

Relaxed regulation has spurred start-ups to enter defence sector

The world’s largest insurer, carved out of Chinese state entities, has bet on fintech and AI as the way for it to continue to grow. But will it work?