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China posted a tiny surplus in April, which could signal a change in China's role in world trade.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) is the beast of the global energy industry. It ranks No.1 in market cap among all companies traded on U.S. exchanges with a market value of $355 billion That is $125 billion ahead of Chinese oil giant PetroChina (PTR) and more than double the market cap of the next-largest...

Henry Kissinger must be wondering whether he did the right thing when he opened up U.S. relations with China back in the 1970s. Now the two countries are in some ways the same -- or at least they're so dependent on each other economically that the failure of one means they both go down. In a sense,...

In a sign that cash rich Chinese companies are prepared to invest more aggressively overseas, PetroChina (PTR) is buying 45 percent of Singapore Oil for $1 billion. If may even offer to buy the rest of the firm. The Chinese economy is doing well enough, compared to the rest of the world, that it is...