China's interest rates will have upside bias when freed: Central bank chief

BEIJING: China's borrowing costs will have a tendency to rise once controls on interests rates are lifted due to buoyant demand for funds, Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Monday.

Airbus says China blocking orders worth $12 billion over EU scheme

China is blocking orders for at least $12 billion worth of Airbus jets to protest the European Union's emissions trading fees, in a new challenge to the program aimed at fighting global warming, the planemaker said Thursday.

Global stocks mixed on concern about US, Europe

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday amid worries about weak Christmas sales in the United States and Europe and a warning by Japan's central bank about possible risks from the European debt crisis.