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For US businesses, the dinner will particularly be a chance to hear directly from the leader of the world’s second-biggest economy as they search for ways to navigate its economic slowdown

Analysts say the BOJ is looking for an appropriate time to raise interest rates. Many experts believe the policy change could occur in April.

Beijing bought $14-billion worth of chipmaking equipment from the Netherlands and other countries this year, before they imposed bans to compliment the US-led effort

Holiday spending is likely to have boosted the latest factory and retail data for October, according to analysts, who say a proper recovery is still elusive

China seems poised to the end the year on a high too, with the final two months of the year seen as seasonally high for vehicle sales

Beijing is desperate to rein in years of over-investment in infrastructure to prevent $12 trillion of local government debt from rising and weighing on the economy

If approved, the new measures will apply specifically to auditors that have been hired by domestic firms or are conducting cross-border work