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Striking French sailors block Calais port, Channel Tunnel
Jun 23, 2015 (AFP)
Hundreds of protesting French sailors on Tuesday forced the suspension of Eurotunnel services between France and Britain in both directions after torching tyres...
China gives new twist to world's second tallest building
Jun 21, 2015 (AFP)
The world's second tallest building, Shanghai Tower, will soon open in the Chinese financial capital with a twist -- a 120-degree twist, to be exact. A softened...
Japan banking giant to sell country's first yuan bond
Jun 18, 2015 (AFP)
One of Japan's biggest banks on Thursday said it would sell bonds denominated in China's yuan currency as frosty ties between the major trading partners show si...
Australia and China sign bumper free trade deal
Jun 17, 2015 (AFP)
Australia and China signed a landmark trade deal Wednesday after a decade of talks, providing a boon for growth and jobs by abolishing tariffs across a raft of ...
EU, Latin America urge US to lift embargo on Cuba
Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)
The EU joined Latin America and the Caribbean in calling Thursday for the United States to lift its decades-old embargo on Cuba and in vowing to help secure a g...
EU business confidence in China at new low: survey
Jun 10, 2015 (AFP)
European companies are losing confidence in China's economy, a lobby group survey said on Wednesday, with many firms planning to lay off staff as Beijing strugg...
China to have 'veto power' over infrastructure bank: report
Jun 09, 2015 (AFP)
China will ultimately have "veto power" over major decisions of the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tu...
Israel says China demands no workers in settlements
Jun 08, 2015 (AFP)
China has told Israel it will not allow migrant builders to work on settlements in the occupied West Bank, a senior Israeli government official said on Monday. ...
Archaeologists find evidence of prehistoric gold trade
Jun 05, 2015 (UPI)
An ancient route between Britain and Ireland supported a gold trade as far back as the early Bronze Age. Archaeologists in England say the trading of gold among...
US agencies probe big banks on China nepotism
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
US investigations into the hiring by large banks of the children of powerful Chinese officials are heating up, people familiar with the probes told AFP. The US ...
Obama says China hints at joining Pacific trade deal
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday suggested that China could eventually join a nascent trans-Pacific trade pact, raising the prospect of an accord spanning...
Taiwan president warns over stalled China trade deals
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
President Ma Ying-jeou warned Tuesday of damage to Taiwan's economy if the legislature does not pass controversial trade deals with China, which have stalled in...
S. Korea, China formally sign free trade pact
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
China and South Korea on Monday formally signed a free trade agreement (FTA) that would remove most tariffs between Asia's largest and fourth-largest economies,...
Rising worker activism in 'world's workshop' challenges China
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
As workers gathered around a table in a cheap restaurant to discuss strike action against their shoe factory bosses, Chinese police barged in and dragged away t...
Iron ore firm Fortescue soars on China investment talk
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Shares in Australian iron ore giant Fortescue Metals jumped more than 10 percent Tuesday on speculation that two of China's largest companies are poised to pump...
China, Latin America have profitable but unequal ties
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang heads home from a Latin American tour Tuesday with a briefcase full of deals that bolster a relationship profitable for the re...
China-backed infrastructure bank operational by end-2015
May 22, 2015 (AFP)
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be operational by the end of this year, prospective founding members said Friday after a three-da...
Japan PM unveils $110 bn plan for Asian infrastructure
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday a $110 billion investment plan for infrastructure projects in Asia in an apparent counter to China's move t...
HP sells stake in China unit for $2.3 billion
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday it was selling a 51 percent stake in its China-based server business, creating a joint venture with Tsinghua Holdings that wi...
Chinese investment not Brazil panacea: analysts
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Brazil may have received a $53 billion investment boost from China but the South American giant would be unwise to view investment from the Asian superpower as ...
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