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Australia tycoon blasts Chinese government 'mongrels'
Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)
Outspoken Australian tycoon Clive Palmer has labelled the Chinese government "mongrels" who "shoot their own people" in a televised tirade that was criticised b...
Standard Chartered fined $300 mn over laundering controls
Aug 19, 2014 (AFP)
New York state's banking regulator hit Standard Chartered Bank with a $300 million fine and restrictions on its dollar-clearing business Tuesday for not detecti...
Foreign investment in China slumps in July: govt
Aug 18, 2014 (AFP)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China dropped by more than a sixth year-on-year to a two-year low in July, the government said Monday, but denied any link ...
US dominates Chinese world university rankings
Aug 15, 2014 (AFP)
US universities dominated the top 20 in an annual ranking of global educational institutions released by a Chinese organisation Friday, with Harvard remaining i...
Bald ambition: Chinese county exports human hair to Africa
Aug 14, 2014 (AFP)
Long, black and lucrative: sacks bulging with human hair spill onto the streets of a rural county whose farmers have helped make China the world's biggest expor...
China court jails British, US investigators hired by GSK
Aug 08, 2014 (AFP)
A British investigator once hired by scandal-hit pharmaceutical giant GSK in China was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail for breaching privacy laws, a S...
Judge rejects Silicon Valley anti-poaching settlement
Aug 08, 2014 (AFP)
A federal judge Friday rejected a plan to compensate employees affected by an "anti-poaching" agreement involving Silicon Valley tech giants Apple, Google, Inte...
Chinese workers hurt in PNG mine attack: report
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
Five Chinese workers were hurt after armed villagers stormed a nickel mine in Papua New Guinea, damaging equipment and forcing it to close, a report said Thursd...
Standard Chartered faces new US money-laundering probe
Aug 06, 2014 (AFP)
Standard Chartered confirmed Wednesday that it faces fresh US fines over alleged breaches in its anti-money laundering systems, two years after it paid massive ...
Kenya launches giant port construction with $480m deal
Aug 01, 2014 (AFP)
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta launched Friday a construction deal for the first berths in a proposed multi-billion dollar port, the day after ordering vast tr...
China confirms Microsoft probe for 'monopoly' actions
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
China is investigating Microsoft for allegedly operating a monopoly in its market, the government said Tuesday, as it took aim at the US software giant over bus...
Chinese regulators visit Microsoft offices: Dow Jones
Jul 28, 2014 (AFP)
Officials from China's corporate regulator paid visits Monday to software giant Microsoft's offices in four cities in the country, Dow Jones Newswires reported,...
China's Xi eyes increased investment in Cuba
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Cuba on Tuesday to expand investment in the fellow communist nation, his last stop on a four-country Latin American charm o...
Failed Marx letter sale disappoints Chinese capitalists
Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)
A letter by the late Karl Marx, the German philosopher who offered an alternative to capitalism, has failed to sell in Communist-ruled China because the auction...
China's Xi signs Venezuela resource deals on LatAm blitz
Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a raft of oil and mineral deals with Venezuela Monday, his latest stop on a Latin American tour showcasing China's growing i...
Volvo Trucks mulls impact of US fine on marine engines
Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)
Swedish truck maker Volvo Group is considering whether to appeal against a US ruling upholding a multimillion fine on environmental infringements of its marine ...
China's Xi hails 'new horizons' in ties with Argentina
Jul 19, 2014 (AFP)
Relations between Argentina and China are poised to reach unprecedented "new horizons," Chinese President Xi Jinping told lawmakers in Buenos Aires during a sum...
Chinese leader seeks to woo Latin America
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping presses a charm offensive with Latin American leaders on Thursday, highlighting Beijing's growing interest in a resource-rich regio...
China court pledges 'open trial' of foreign investigators
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
The Shanghai court that will try two foreign investigators linked to the bribery case of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China said Thursday it will hold an ...
China leader signs Brazil deals on Latin America trip
Jul 17, 2014 (AFP)
China's president pressed a charm offensive with Latin America on Thursday, signing deals with Brazil and meeting with regional leaders in a trip highlighting B...
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