Analysts say the hike could add to the middle class’ financial burden, with some Indonesians planning to avoid buying goods subject to VAT.

The billionaire and 7 others are accused of agreeing to pay US$265 million to Indian officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts.

The meal delivery giant joins a slew of Chinese tech giants vying for new growth in Hong Kong.

Han Wenxiu also stressed the need for breaking down market access barriers and the development of the private sector to advance Chinese-style modernisation.

Scholars say it is time to shed Cold War concepts imported from the West and develop distinctly Chinese nuclear strategy.

The hedge fund was at the centre of a market manipulation scheme said to have cost global investment banks billions of dollars.

Keeping India-China dialogue open could add a slight but welcome bit of malleability to what could otherwise be a brittle strategic triangle.

Beijing has other moves at its disposal, including deepening trade ties with the rest of the world and increasing demand at home.

12 of the missiles were fired into Kursk, a border region partially held by Ukrainian forces, according to a British media report.

From a Fox host as defence chief, to celebrity ‘Dr Oz’ to head Medicare, the US president-elect is going for that ‘central casting’ look.