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From China trade wars and tensions with Australia and the United States, to conflict in the South China Sea, get all your news updates.

Markets

A teller counts yuan banknotes in a bank in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province on August 11, 2015. China's central bank on August 11 devalued its yuan currency by nearly two percent against the US dollar, as authorities seek to push market reforms and bolster the world's second-largest economy. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

Finance news you need to know

THE positive side of China’s currency devaluation has begun to shine through, with the Australian dollar slightly higher as a result.

Markets

Trader Anthony Riccio works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. U.S. stocks opened lower on Tuesday, led by declines in energy and materials stocks as commodities prices dropped. Prices for oil and copper fell sharply after China's government lowered the value of its currency, suggesting weakness in the world's second-largest economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Australian share market opens flat

THE Australian sharemarket has opened flat, shrugging off recent falls on global share markets on the back of China’s surprise devaluation of its currency.

Markets

Australian dollar hit by yuan shock

THE Australian dollar has lost more than one US cent after China made the surprise decision to devalue its currency by almost two per cent.

Asia

China loses its mind over Uniqlo sex tape

A VIDEO of a couple having sex in a Uniqlo changing room has turned the store into a bizarre tourist attraction. The Chinese government is furious.

Australian Economy

A woman looking at the view from the Peak Tower prior to its opening after extensive renovation in Hong Kong, 29 Aug 2006 : AFP PicMike/Clarke - aerials telescope travel tourism China skyline

China crash: should we be worried?

AUSTRALIA has just been through what was potentially a major economic crisis, but don’t feel bad if you missed it.

Retail

FILE - In this July 31, 2014 photo, a woman looks at a menu with words "everyday half-price" in front of a KFC fast food restaurant in Beijing, China. Restaurant operator KFC said Monday, June 1, 2015, it filed a lawsuit against three companies in China whose social media accounts spread false claims about its food, including that its chickens have eight legs. The case filed by China's biggest restaurant operator comes as the government intensifies a campaign to clean up rumors on social media. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

KFC sees red over ‘eight-legged chickens’

FAST-food giant has had a gutful of jibes about its menu on social media and has taken a drastic action.

Inventions

Photos by satellite-imagery provider DigitalGlobe shows what is believed to be Chinese vessels dredging sand at Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

‘This is the Chinese navy … You go!’

IT’S the ambitious building project China doesn’t want us to see. And when a US military plane flew over to film what is going on, things got testy.

Inventions

Satellite imagery showing progress of Chinese land building across Spratlys

China builds ‘great wall of sand’

CHINA is literally paving over the sea in a bold land grab that has the US seriously worried.

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