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China's e-commerce transactions hit $2 trillion in 2014: govt
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
China's e-commerce boomed in 2014 with transactions reaching around 13 trillion yuan ($2.09 trillion), the government said Wednesday, as Beijing looks online fo...
Japan, Thai firms invest $10.4 billion in China's Citic
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese trading house Itochu said Tuesday that it is teaming up with Thai agricultural giant Charoen Pokphand Group to invest $10.4 billion in Chinese conglome...
China outbound investment surges past $100 bn in 2014: govt
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese overseas investment surged past $100 billion for the first time last year, official figures showed Friday, but remained below investment into the countr...
Silicon Valley firms ink settlement in non-poaching case
Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)
Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe have inked a $415 million settlement over charges they colluded not to poach one another's employees, according to court document...
Canada to host NAFTA summit 'later this year'
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will host his American and Mexican counterparts for their annual summit "later this year," his office said Thursday, deny...
Uniqlo pledges to improve factory conditions in China
Jan 15, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo on Thursday pledged to improve working conditions at its Chinese suppliers and beef up monitoring following claims that the firms...
China to investigate state-owned enterprises: govt
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
China will investigate all major state-owned enterprises (SOEs) this year, a Communist Party watchdog announced Wednesday, in the latest step of President Xi Ji...
China 2014 trade surplus rockets to record high: govt
Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)
China's trade surplus soared by almost half last year to a record $382 billion, the government announced Tuesday, but the world's second-largest economy again m...
Taiwan mulls plan to open bourse to Chinese buyers
Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)
Taiwan may open up its stock market for the first time to individual Chinese investors later this year in a bid to attract more investments to its shrinking bou...
China pushes for bigger Latin America, Caribbean role
Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to increase cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean Thursday as he opened a forum in Beijing with leaders from 30 ...
Dunkin' Donuts to open 1,400 restaurants in China
Jan 08, 2015 (AFP)
Doughnuts-and-coffee chain Dunkin' Donuts said Thursday it would open more than 1,400 restaurants in China, Hong Kong and Macau in the company's largest develop...
Hollande shifts position on Tobin tax, money for environment
Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)
French President Francois Hollande shifted position Monday on implementing a long-sought financial transactions tax in Europe and said the money should go towar...
Tasmania's lavender bear smells potential of Chinese market
Jan 02, 2015 (AFP)
When Chinese President Xi Jinping stepped on to the airport tarmac in Australia's smallest state Tasmania he was presented with a purple-coloured fluffy toy cal...
Archeologists excavate 8 shipwrecks from the Byzantine Empire
Jan 01, 2015 (UPI)
Archeologists in Turkey uncovered a large group of Byzantine-era shipwrecks in an ongoing excavation in Istanbul's Yenikapi district. Researchers recovered six ...
Myanmar police charge China mine protesters over demo
Dec 31, 2014 (AFP)
Several protesters against a Chinese-backed mine in central Myanmar have been charged with holding an illegal demonstration, police said Wednesday. They were am...
Britain eyed China trade after Hong Kong deal: files
Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)
Britain was looking for stronger economic ties with China even before the agreement which would eventually hand it Hong Kong was signed in 1984, secret document...
China offers to sign FTA with Bangladesh
Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)
China has offered to sign a free trade agreement with Bangladesh to try to narrow a growing trade gap, the Bangladeshi foreign minister said Monday. Chinese For...
Hundreds protest against China-backed mine in Myanmar
Dec 27, 2014 (AFP)
Around 500 people including dozens of Buddhist monks protested near the Chinese consulate in Myanmar's central city of Mandalay on Saturday demanding the closur...
Police deny two killed in Nicaragua canal protests
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
Police denied Wednesday that two demonstrators were killed in a crackdown on hundreds of Nicaraguan farmers protesting the construction of a $50 billion canal a...
China highways bleeding money despite high tolls: state media
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
China is losing more than $10 billion a year from its expressways, state media reported Wednesday, despite levying hefty tolls on the world's largest highway ne...
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