Pressure on state-owned enterprises to close the pay inequality gap has prompted China’s ruling party to take unprecedented action and cap executive pay

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will become operational in 2015, but is meeting resistance from the international community

Developed economies have passed the excessive borrowing baton to their emerging counterparts, which could mean the next global financial crisis is around the corner

Despite fraught negotiations over price threatened to scupper the deal, Russia and China have signed a long in the making gas deal

French recycling group Paprec uses ethical paper production standards, requiring stringent measures to make sure all materials are accounted for when distributed globally

With the Chinese government recently announcing a swathe of economic reforms, it remains to be seen whether bureaucracy is turning off foreign investors

The Washington-based development bank has trimmed its economic outlook for the East Asia and Pacific region

The State Council has revealed measures to boost infrastructure and support growth, amid fears of faltering economy

OCBC targets China growth with bid to takeover one of Hong Kong’s last family-owned banks

The WTO has ruled against China for imposing restrictive rare earth export quotas that sent prices soaring and distorted the market

World Finance interviews Nancy McKinstry, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer, on what it takes to break into the Chinese market

Strikes in China: gross inconvenience or golden opportunity for labour reform?

A new Chinese government work report, unveiled by Premier Li Keqiang, contains a number of optimistic goals for the year ahead and signals a continued commitment to reform

World Finance talks to Joseph Pearlman, Professor of Economics at City University London, about the increasing tension between China and Japan

World Finance interviews Choy Chung-Foo, CEO of BOC Group Life Assurance, on the internationalisation of the Renminbi currency