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Canada PM Trudeau to mount charm offensive in China: officials
Aug 26, 2016 (AFP)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will tour the Great Wall, shoot hoops with retired basketball star Yao Ming and meet with women entrepreneurs when he tra...
Iran interested in proposed Chinese-built canal in Nicaragua
Aug 24, 2016 (AFP)
Iranian firms want to participate in the construction of a massive canal across Nicaragua that a Chinese company has vowed to build, Iranian Foreign Minister Mo...
US watchdog clears ChemChina's Syngenta acquisition
Aug 22, 2016 (AFP)
A US national security regulator has approved a state-owned China National Chemical Corp.'s planned $43-billion (38 billion-euro) takeover of Swiss pesticide an...
Taiwan's Hon Hai gets Chinese green light for Sharp deal
Aug 12, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwanese tech giant Hon Hai said antitrust authorities in China had approved its takeover of ailing Japanese electronics maker Sharp, clearing the last obstacl...
Samsung buys US luxury home appliance maker Dacor
Aug 11, 2016 (AFP)
Samsung Electronics said Thursday it had acquired US luxury appliance maker Dacor, as part of its push towards a full production line of high-end, Internet-conn...
China's COSCO completes Piraeus port authority takeover
Aug 10, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese shipping giant COSCO on Wednesday said it had completed the acquisition of a majority stake in OLP, the company running the main Greek port of Piraeus. ...
Down but not out: fears ease over China's weaker yuan
Aug 10, 2016 (AFP)
A year ago on Thursday Chinese authorities stunned global markets by devaluing their yuan currency, raising fears the world's second-largest economy was worse o...
Putin says 'painstaking work' needed to rebuild Russia-Turkey trade
Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that restoring trade ties with Turkey will take time and work, after his first meeting with counterpart Recep Tayy...
Montreal march kicks off World Social Forum
Aug 09, 2016 (AFP)
A festive march through downtown Montreal on Tuesday marked the official opening of the World Social Forum (WSF), which is being held for the first time in a G7...
Taiwan exports end losing streak with surprise growth
Aug 08, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan exports ended a 17-month losing streak boosted by demand for electronic parts as US tech giant Apple prepares to launch its new iPhone series, the govern...
Bitcoin not money, judge rules in victory for backers
Aug 06, 2016 (AFP)
Bitcoin, a Florida judge says, is not real money. Ironically, that could provide a boost to use of the crypto-currency which has remained in the shadows of the ...
EU hits China, Russia with steel anti-dumping duties
Aug 04, 2016 (AFP)
The European Union on Thursday hit China and Russia with anti-dumping duties on cold rolled steel imports after EU producers complained they were being forced o...
China manufacturing contracts in July: govt
Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)
China's manufacturing shrank in July, the government said Monday, blaming the deterioration on rainstorms that wreaked havoc across large swathes of the country...
China 'cannot tolerate accusations' on Britain investment
Aug 01, 2016 (AFP)
China "cannot tolerate" accusations that its investment in a British nuclear plant threatens that country's security, state media said Monday, after London surp...
Japan in first half-year trade surplus since Fukushima
Jul 25, 2016 (AFP)
Japan on Monday posted its first half-year trade surplus since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, after the accident sent energy import bills soaring and led ...
Beijing slaps EU, Japan, S. Korea with steel duties
Jul 24, 2016 (AFP)
China said Sunday it has started imposing anti-dumping tariffs on certain steel imports from the European Union, Japan and South Korea, as Beijing itself comes ...
Philippines driving up nickel prices: industry group
Jul 22, 2016 (AFP)
Concern over the new Philippine government's mining policies is helping drive global nickel prices to nearly one-year highs, the local industry association said...
New UK finance minister to talk up trade on China visit
Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)
New finance minister Philip Hammond will on Friday meet Chinese business leaders and officials to drum up support for Britain's economy ahead of talks with G20 ...
Australian regulator approves logistics giant takeover
Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)
The break-up of Australian logistics giant Asciano between local and international suitors cleared a key hurdle Thursday after the nation's corporate regulator ...
Publishers take on China at Hong Kong book fair
Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)
Hong Kong's feisty publishing industry vowed to take on China by selling books critical of Beijing, despite the disappearances of five city booksellers, as a ma...
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