Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said Thursday he had offered his complete stake in Apple Inc (AAPL.O), mentioning the danger of China’s influence on the inventory. Icahn, in an interview with cable tv community CNBC, additionally said he became “still very careful” on the U.S. inventory market and there could ... Read More »

China has dropped a plan to bring a national law regulating halal food following mixed reactions from public and scholars who accused the atheist government of meddling in religious affairs. The drafting of a law on halal food was not listed in China’s legislative work plan for this year after ... Read More »

China’s leaders sound more confident that the world’s second-largest economy has arrested a slide in growth to quarter-century lows, but their policy advisers caution it is too early to call an end to a cycle of easing that began in 2014. Signs the economy is picking up give the central ... Read More »

WASHINGTON, April 1  —Environmental advocacy groups praised pledges made by the U.S. and Chinese governments on climate change initiatives as a breakthrough for momentum. U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed in Washington, D.C., to collaborate on climate change by signing agreements outlined last year at a ... Read More »

Mussolini and Hitler came to power through elections, China’s Global Times reminded readers Monday. Now an “abusively racist and extremist” candidate is on the rise in the United States, it says. Maybe democracy isn’t such a good idea after all. In an editorial Monday, China’s state-owned Global Times newspaper used Donald ... Read More »