Sources: Reuters Xinhua
The Puntland region of Somalia announces that it will introduce a new regional currency in 2025. The region had previously shifted to use of the United States dollar in 2021, due to severe inflation of the Somali shilling. 2024-12-21
In China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection places under investigation Tianjin mayor Huang Xingguo, who is also serving as acting Communist Party Secretary. 2016-09-11
Three people are sentenced to death and one person given a life sentence for the 2014 Kunming attack in China's Xinjiang region. 2014-09-12
The Japan Coast Guard claims that two government ships from the People's Republic of China have entered waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands. 2013-02-4
The International Air Transport Association calls for the United Nations to intervene in the dispute between the People's Republic of China and the European Union over airlines' involvement in the EU's carbon tax scheme for airlines. 2012-02-12
Year-over-year GDP growth in the People's Republic of China slows to 9.1% for the third quarter of 2011, following government efforts to curb inflation. 2011-10-18
Chinese truck drivers stage a second day of protests in Shanghai at rising inflation. 2011-04-21
China raises its bank reserves requirements as an anti-inflation move, an increase of 50 basis points (half of a percent) effective April 21. 2011-04-17
Inflation in the People's Republic of China increases to 4.9 per cent. 2011-02-15
China begins the first test flights of private helicopters in its airspace. 2011-01-29