China's top securities regulator, Guo Shuqing, will leave his post to become a provincial governor in a reshuffle that casts doubt on the new top leadership's commitment to politically difficult financial reforms.

China Mobile Ltd. hopes to tap pent-up demand for Apple Inc. smartphones by rolling out new 4G technology this year and having an iPhone model that will finally run on it.

Economists are forecasting that the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) will retain the current discount rate of 1.875 percent.

A Hong Kong public housing tenant was jailed for 10 years on Tuesday for laundering more than HK$6.8 billion (US$877 million) through nine banks, just two months after a Chinese man was imprisoned in the Asian financial center's biggest such case.

China's auto sales accelerated in the first two months of this year, rising 19.5 percent over the same period of 2012 in a possible positive sign for an economic recovery.

Advertising on the Internet in China is still a young industry compared to Korea, Japan and the U.S. Targeting a certain demographic is a bit of an inexact science.

China's exports surged more than 20 percent in February on-year despite the Lunar New Year holiday, data showed Friday, in another sign of recovery for the world's second-largest economy.

China's commerce minister appealed Friday to other major governments to avoid suppressing the value of their currencies to boost exports, warning that could hurt global growth.

The United States should be more transparent on security checks on foreign investments, China said Friday, accusing “some legislators” in developed countries of maintaining a “Cold War mentality.”

China's plans to curb property speculation are likely to be more bark than bite, and markets have over-reacted because of the uncertainty over how local governments will implement measures including a 20-percent capital gains tax on house sales.