World economy
China raises poverty threshold to 2,300 yuan
30 Nov 2011
China looking to invest in US, European infrastructure
28 Nov 2011
China’s sovereign wealth fund is looking to invest in improving US and European roads and other infrastructure to spur global growth
Britain preparing emergency plans for eurozone collapse
28 Nov 2011
Britain is in the process of developing emergency plans for the collapse of the ‘creaking’ Eurozone as warnings of a debt-stricken Italy needing £500 billion bailout involving billions of pounds of UK taxpayers’ money are getting increasingly louder
France and Germany seek changes in EU treaties
25 Nov 2011
Germany has declined to be drawn into playing a bigger role in solving Europe’s debt crisis as called for by the European Central Bank (ECB)
US, allies hit Iran with fresh sanctions
22 Nov 2011
The US, Canada, Britain and France have mounted a concerted effort to inflict economic pain on Iran on new allegations of secret efforts by Iranian scientists to acquire nuclear weapons technology
China calls for US cooperation to fight global economic distress
21 Nov 2011
A top chinese official has said ensuring economic health was the responsibility of every nation and unbalanced progress was better than balanced decline