Video PlayerClose BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Since the very beginning, the steadily expanding Chinese economy has always enjoyed the company of both wild and informed guesses of its future status. Among the forecasters, dyed-in-the-wool China doubters have proved their creativity over the past de»»»

Sihanoukville, Cambodia: When Sam Sok took a $6-a-day job as a construction labourer in Sihanoukville she knew it could be dangerous, but the deaths of 28 workers in a building collapse -- with her nephew among the missing -- has laid bare the risks many like her face to earn a living. She left her»»»

Business environment, regulation of market, pollution all pressing concerns Last year, the State Administration for Market Regulation uncovered 774 cases of illegal advertising, fraud and counterfeiting in the healthcare products sector, with fines of 159 million yuan ($23.7 million) imposed on vio»»»

China’s growth is forecast to decelerate to 5.9 per cent this year, according to the World Bank, and while its latest Global Economic Prospects report suggests global growth will accelerate slightly in 2020, the outlook for the world economy remains “fragile” amid major risks to even their “tepid” »»»

Sihanoukville, Cambodia: When Sam Sok took a $6-a-day job as a construction labourer in Sihanoukville she knew it could be dangerous, but the deaths of 28 workers in a building collapse - with her nephew among the missing - has laid bare the risks many like her face to earn a living. She left her e»»»

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has scrapped a requirement of formal education for people seeking to be certified as caregivers for the elderly in a bid to increase their number by 2 million and plug a supply shortage. FILE PHOTO: An elderly woman walks with a stick along a street in downtown Beijing, Ch»»»

Artificial intelligence (AI) could displace millions of jobs in the future, damaging growth in developing regions such as Africa, says Ian Goldin, professor of globalisation and development at Oxford University. I have spent my career in international development, and in recent years have establish»»»