Jason Subler

Fosun Group, China's biggest private conglomerate, will look for more opportunities in the United Kingdom and Europe in the volatile wake of Britain's referendum vote to leave the European Union, the company's billionaire co-founder and chairman said at a Reuters Newsmaker event on Tuesday.

The relationship between China and Japan has improved but still remains fragile, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told a news conference on Wednesday at the end of the annual meeting of parliament.

The United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and the European Union have written to China to express concern over three new or planned laws, including one on counterterrorism, in a rare joint bid to pressure Beijing into taking their objections seriously.

China's central bank said on Saturday it welcomed International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde backing adding China's yuan <CNY=CFXS> <CNY=>, or renminbi (RMB), to the global lender's benchmark currency basket after staff found it met the criteria for inclusion.

The news websites of Reuters, including those in English and Chinese, were inaccessible in China on Friday, after users first experienced difficulties accessing them late on Thursday.

The Chinese government has questioned two more executives from China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) as part of a wider graft investigation into the state energy giant, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The Chinese government has questioned two more executives from China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) as part of a wider graft investigation into the state energy giant, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The charge of abuse of power against ousted former politician Bo Xilai relates to the murder case involving his wife, a court in eastern China said on Thursday.

China's biggest bank was uncertain of how to respond to turmoil in money markets last week because there was no clear direction from policymakers on what they wanted to achieve, according to its top executive.

By Jason Subler and Xiaowen Bi