Starbucks will close 250 more cafes in North America in its latest drive to improve financial returns, the coffee company announced Thursday.

At a deep-water terminal on China's east coast in late September, rows of electric Transit City vans — fresh off Ford's China assembly line — stood in tight formation, waiting to climb aboard a giant roll-on/roll-off ship whose horns were sounding at the quay.

China will further ease market access and improve policies for cross-border e-commerce retail imports, Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday, pledging to share opportunities in its market with other countries.Addressing the opening ceremony of the Fifth Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, east

China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, will maintain a moderately accommodative monetary policy, use a range of tools to strengthen counter-cyclical and cross-cyclical adjustments, and keep the RMB exchange rate basically stable at a reasonable and equilibrium level, it said at a recent

The 5th Global Digital Trade Expo (GDTE) is being held in Hangzhou, China's Zhejiang Province, from September 23 to 27. Representatives from 40 international organizations, and more than 12,000 overseas buyers from 163 countries and regions are attending this year's GDTE.

China's tech giant Tencent on Thursday launched TenPayGo, a payment app for overseas users traveling to China. This new platform is designed to make payments more convenient for inbound visitors as the country sees a growing number of international travelers.