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A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.
Asia's stock markets mostly retreated Friday following a glum session on Wall Street as evidence of a weak economic recovery continued to pile up. European shares rose.
Powered by tax cuts and stimulus spending, China's October auto sales soared 72 percent from a year earlier, outpacing U.S. sales for another month, according to data reported Monday.
China criticized Washington for imposing anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made steel pipes and launched a probe Friday of imported U.S. autos, adding to trade tensions two weeks before President Barack Obama visits Beijing.
Chinese regulators are fighting over the right to oversee "World of Warcraft," a popular online game, in a bizarre battle that has thrust bureaucratic rivalry for control of the Internet into the open.
Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.
Google Inc. faces a new controversy in China after a Web site run by the Communist Party's main newspaper accused the U.S. search giant of trying to keep Internet users away following its reports on a copyright dispute.
The auto-parts maker Delphi Corp. is headquartered in Troy, Mich., in the heart of the region that made the United States the car capital of the world. It's a place where the phrase "buy American" is right at home.
China announced sweeping curbs on surging investment in steelmaking, cement and other industries, warning that chaotic overexpansion was raising the danger of job losses and trouble for banks.
Beijing is pressing for a bigger voice in the International Monetary Fund and says Group of 20 leaders at their Pittsburgh summit should start making good on promises to give developing countries more IMF votes.
The Asian Development Bank raised its growth forecasts for China and India on Tuesday and said the region is leading a global recovery but warned against ending stimulus efforts too quickly.
Rich countries must commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if they want China and India to sign onto an accord to curb global warming, the top U.N. climate official said Friday.
Spanish phone company Telefonica SA and China Unicom Ltd., one of China's three main state-owned carriers, say they will expand a strategic alliance and buy $1 billion worth of each other's shares.
China is reversing some market-opening reforms amid the global economic crisis and raising new barriers to foreign computer services and other companies, a European business group said Wednesday.
A prominent Chinese legal scholar whose rights group has tackled some of China's most politically sensitive cases and his office assistant have been released on bail as authorities investigate possible tax charges against the group.
International investors have been unnerved by the recent plunge in China's stock market, fearing it signaled that a global recovery may be stalling, but many analysts say those worries are overblown.
State-owned China Unicom Ltd. said Friday it is talking with Apple Inc. about becoming an iPhone carrier but denied a report it has reached a deal and will buy 5 million handsets.
China affirmed its determination Thursday to tighten control over its huge steel industry and press foreign miners to cut iron ore prices, announcing a three-year ban on new mills and saying it wants more influence over costs.
A Chinese trade official said Wednesday that a U.S. complaint about China's tire exports smacks of protectionism and appealed to Washington to avoid taking steps that might harm relations.
Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday and said it faces pressure from weak global demand and intense competition.
After a highly publicized global search for foreign managers to help it modernize, China's main military jet maker has hired six executives — all of them Chinese, a company spokesman said Thursday.
The crowd in the packed Guosen Securities office jostles around buzzing printers that spit out receipts for their share buys, hoping to cash in on China's stimulus-fueled stock market boom.
China's stolen secrets case against an Australian working for Rio Tinto Ltd. may have more to do with Beijing's push to tighten control over its huge steel industry than trying to dampen industrial espionage.
The company that built the "Water Cube" swimming center for the Beijing Olympics said Friday it raised $7.3 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering this year, highlighting a revival in China's financial markets.
China has bought a rebound in economic growth with a flood of government spending and bank loans, averting a surge in politically dangerous unemployment and fueling hopes that it might help lead a world recovery.
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