Mar 06, 2013
Banks in the Emirates are finding lucrative opportunities in the shift in the oil trade towards Asia as the US shale gas revolution diminishes the importance of the world's largest economy to the Middle East. Read Article UAE banks follow oil to the East
Feb 24, 2013
The world's biggest lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China signalled confidence in the Middle East after expanding across the region. Read Article Chinese lender ICBC bullish on the Middle East
Oct 03, 2012
Building Brics: While consumers creatively sidestep lenders' fees, the Chinese premier wants to break their hold on power. But the piles of bad debt held by the biggest institutions will make any major reforms a significant challenge. Read Article Bid to slay Chinese lending dragons
Sep 09, 2012
Building Brics: The UAE's banks are offering yuan-denominated accounts as Dubai seeks to become a regional trading hub for the Chinese currency. Read Article Emirate's status among Chinese an opportunity for finance firms
Aug 30, 2012
Money sent home by Chinese companies from the Middle East surged seven-fold in the first six months of the year, underscoring the deepening relationship between the UAE and the world's second-largest economy. Read Article Remittance surge as ties with China strengthen
Apr 22, 2012
As European banks retreat from the Middle East, companies in need of capital are finding lenders from China, Korea, Singapore and Japan coming to their aid. Read Article Asian banks fill the void as Europe exits
Aug 24, 2011
ICBC, the world's biggest bank, reports a doubling of profits and reveals its ambitions to take on the UAE's retail banks in courting Chinese customers. Read Article Chinese bank ICBC heads to UAE
Jul 31, 2011
Banks bet that Middle Eastern companies are ready to give up the greenback in favour of Chinese yuan as they trade with the Asian nation. Read Article Yuan gains strength as a settlement currency
Apr 27, 2011
With China's inflation, how can price stability be maintained without threatening the country's booming growth? Reconciling growth and fighting inflation is not impossible, but it does require that the government overcome its deep-seated suspicion of opening China's markets to imports. Read Article China should import its way out of an inflation crisis
Nov 19, 2010
China is aggressively courting the UAE in an attempt to gain access to the wider Middle East, with local companies set to cash in. Read Article Chinese companies see UAE as launch pad
