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Burberry said that Riccardo Tisci's new collections in Europe and mainland China offset a slump in Hong Kong.

Burberry weathers Hong Kong drop on China sales

Business / 5 hrs

Passengers in Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai as millions return home for the Chinese New Year

Struggle to contain virus in China as millions on move

A young boy wears a facemask at Hong Kong airport

China warns virus could mutate and spread

People wear face masks as the SARS-like virus continue to spread

Traveller diagnosed with SARS-like virus at US airport

A sign urges people with symptoms to contact health authorities

What is coronavirus?

Health / 20 Jan

Medical staff carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan

China confirms human-to-human transmission of new virus

Nearly 50 people are known to have been infected by the virus

Further cases of new Chinese virus are reported

The number of births has now fallen for three consecutive years

China's birth rate at lowest level in communist era

China's growth slowed to 6.1% last year, from 6.6% in 2018, new figures show today

China posts weakest growth in 29 years on trade war hit

Business / 17 Jan

People in Wuhan wear face masks as health authorities deal with virus outbreak

China believes new virus behind mystery pneumonia

China's top negotiator, vice premier Liu He, and US President Donald Trump signed the trade deal in the White House

US, China announce 'Phase 1' trade deal

Business / 15 Jan

China, the world's second-largest economy is expected to have grown 6% in the three months from October to December from a year ago

China's fourth quarter growth seen hovering at 6%

Business / 15 Jan

Security guards stand in front of a seafood market, where a man who died from virus had purchased goods from

WHO warns of possible wider outbreak of new China virus

China's surplus came in at around $295.8 billion in 2019, down 8.5% from the previous year's record $323.3 billion

China trade surplus with US dropped 8.5% in 2019

Business / 14 Jan

The incident also triggered an explosion inside the hole

Six dead as sinkhole swallows bus in China

Pork prices rose 97% year-on-year in December, slower than the 110.2% rally seen in November

China inflation flattens as surge in pork prices slows

Business / 09 Jan

No details were given for Wang Zhimin's dismissal

China replaces top envoy to Hong Kong: state media

Hong Kong has been embroiled in more than six months of anti-government protests that have now spilled into 2020

Police, protesters clash during huge Hong Kong protest

Both Brent and WTI are set for their biggest annual gains in three years

Oil prices on track for biggest yearly rise since 2016

Business / 31 Dec 19

Huawei said it shipped 240 million smartphones in 2019

Huawei says 'survival' top priority as sales fall short

Business / 31 Dec 19

China, which became a member of the WTO only in 2001, has gained $86 billion from membership

US and China biggest WTO winners - study

Business / 30 Dec 19

The first cars to roll off the assembly line were 15 of Tesla's mid-price, mass-market Model 3 design

Tesla delivers first batch of China-made cars

Business / 30 Dec 19

Hong Kong has seen months of clashes between police and activists

Hong Kong rocked by protests in 2019

2019 in Review / 30 Dec 19

He Jiankui claimed to have created the world's first gene-edited babies

Chinese scientists jailed over 'gene-edited' babies

World / 30 Dec 19

Riot police later dispersed a crowd of residents who gathered to protest against the arrests

Hong Kong police arrest 15 in fresh protests

World / 30 Dec 19

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