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Malaysia extends ban on bauxite mining: report
Apr 08, 2016 (AFP)
Malaysia is extending its ban on bauxite mining from mid-April amid concerns over contamination, media reports said Friday. The government in mid-January had in...
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka looks to restructure $8 bn China debt
Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's prime minister will seek to restructure some of the cash-strapped island's $8 billion Chinese debt, Colombo said Thursday, as he met his Chinese cou...
Clinton tells workers she'll stand up to cheating China
Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)
A day after losing Wisconsin, White House hopeful Hillary Clinton unleashed a blistering critique of China while campaigning Wednesday in blue-collar Pennsylvan...
Tiny Djibouti thinks big with China-backed infrastructure splurge
Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)
The tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, which votes Friday in presidential elections, is hitching its wagon to the star of neighbouring Ethiopia with a seri...
China's HBIS to acquire Serbia steel plant
Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)
Serbia on Tuesday accepted an offer to sell the country's sole steel mill, and its largest exporter, to China's HBIS, the world's third-biggest steel producer, ...
'Powerful force' behind Panama Papers: China media
Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)
Hostile Western forces are behind the "Panama Papers", a state-run Chinese newspaper alleged Tuesday, as media avoided reporting revelations about Communist lea...
Airbus warns against Brexit in letter to UK workers
Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)
European aerospace giant Airbus on Monday wrote to its British workforce to warn against the nation's possible departure from the EU, less than three months bef...
Chinese 'parachute kids' flock to US schools
Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)
Growing up in mainland China, Hailun "Helen" Zhou always knew that she would finish her high school education in America, whatever the cost. "That's what everyb...
Amazon makes foray into fashion world
Apr 02, 2016 (AFP)
Amazon has been making moves over the past few months to position itself as a force in the ready-to-wear fashion world. The Seattle-based online retail titan ha...
UK govt accused of prioritising China ties over steel jobs
Apr 01, 2016 (AFP)
Is a new special relationship threatening an old staple of British industry? Prime Minister David Cameron's government faced damaging claims Friday that its pus...
Silk Road snaked farther south than previously thought
Apr 01, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers have identified silk and dyes from China and India among ancient textiles recovered from dig sites in the Nepalese Himalayas. The materials have bee...
China's Midea buys 80% of Toshiba's home appliances arm
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
China's Midea Group will buy a little more than 80 percent of loss-making Japanese conglomerate Toshiba's home appliances arm for $473 million, the two companie...
Steelmakers tell EU to get tough on China dumping
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
Europe's steelmakers called Thursday for sharply higher anti-dumping tariffs to protect against a flood of cheap Chinese imports, blamed for plunging the future...
Protests in Prague as China's Xi signs economic partnership
Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a landmark strategic partnership with his Czech counterpart in Prague on Tuesday amid a fresh wave of protests in the Czech ...
China steel firm defaults after chairman found dead
Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese steel company has defaulted on an 852 million yuan ($131 million) bond payment, days after its chairman was found dead in an apparent suicide. Dongbei...
Moscow aims to better economic ties to Finland
Mar 23, 2016 (UPI)
Finland shipbuilding capacity, including that tied to the natural gas industry, is behind a strong bilateral investment relationship, Russia's president said. R...
News 'micropayments' startup hits US market
Mar 23, 2016 (AFP)
A Dutch-based startup that aims to get readers to make "micropayments" for individual news articles launched in the US market Wednesday with a handful of high-p...
Japan exports to China rise in February, boosted by post holiday demand
Mar 17, 2016 (AFP)
Japanese exports to China rose for the first time in seven months in February, the government announced Thursday, though analysts said the gain was distorted by...
'Forced labour' for thousands of maids in Hong Kong: report
Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of foreign maids in Hong Kong are in "forced labour", according to a new report that fuels growing criticism of the city's treatment of its ar...
Australian logistics giant Asciano broken up in $6.8 bn joint takeover
Mar 15, 2016 (AFP)
Australian logistics giant Asciano said Tuesday it was recommending a Aus$9.05 billion ($6.8 billion) takeover deal between two rival local and international su...
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