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China's trade surplus rises to $35.92 bn in May: govt
Jun 08, 2014 (AFP)
China's trade surplus surged in May, official data showed Sunday, as export growth accelerated sharply while imports showed a surprise fall. Exports increased 7...
New Indian PM to visit Japan in boost for Abe
Jun 06, 2014 (AFP)
India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely visit Japan next month, the foreign ministry said Friday, in a boost for Tokyo as it looks to shore up regi...
Hong Kong tycoons bribed former official: prosecution
Jun 05, 2014 (AFP)
A prosecutor told a corruption trial Thursday that Hong Kong property tycoons Thomas and Raymond Kwok bribed a high-ranking official to be their "eyes and ears"...
Vietnam PM woos investors after riots
Jun 05, 2014 (AFP)
Vietnam's prime minister pledged Thursday to step up economic reforms and prevent a repeat of riots targeting foreign-owned factories, seeking to reassure nervo...
Bangladesh to seek Chinese help to build deep sea port
Jun 04, 2014 (AFP)
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to seek Chinese funding to build a deep sea port in the Bay of Bengal when she visits Beijing later this week...
Japan's new business lobby chief pledges better China ties
Jun 03, 2014 (AFP)
The newly appointed head of Japan's top business lobby said Tuesday he wants to play a greater role in helping the country improve its badly frayed relations wi...
25 years on, world happy to do business with Beijing's 'butchers'
May 30, 2014 (AFP)
Twenty-five years after the West condemned the "butchers" who crushed protesters in Tiananmen Square, China's astonishing economic and military transformation m...
China fines foreign eyewear makers; Tesco Completes JV Deal
May 29, 2014 (AFP)
China on Thursday fined several foreign eyewear makers more than 19 million yuan ($3.1 million) for "price manipulation", the government said, in the latest tar...
China's Baosteel gets nod for $1.3 bln Aquila takeover
May 29, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese iron and steel giant Baosteel moved a step closer to securing its Aus$1.4 billion (US$1.3 billion) takeover of Aquila Resources after the Australian gov...
Asian-led consortiums win Australian casino bids
May 27, 2014 (AFP)
A Hong Kong billionaire and a Chinese-Australian investment consortium won bids Tuesday to build multi-billion-dollar mega-casinos in Queensland after other con...
Rio Tinto seals deal on US$20 bn mine in Guinea
May 27, 2014 (AFP)
Global mining giant Rio Tinto Tuesday said it has formalised an agreement with Guinea's government to develop the world's biggest untapped iron-ore deposit afte...
Vietnam jails two over anti-China riots
May 26, 2014 (AFP)
A Vietnamese court has sentenced two men to jail for taking part in deadly rioting sparked by anger over China's placement of an oil rig in contested waters, st...
Liquor firms look beyond China in hunt for new Asian drinkers
May 25, 2014 (AFP)
Young middle-class drinkers from Asia's emerging economies are being targeted as China's voracious appetite for wine slows down, organisers said ahead of the re...
US wins WTO case against China on luxury cars
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
The WTO on Friday rejected Chinese tariffs on US-made luxury cars, handing Washington a victory on one of the growing number of disputes between the world's two...
Africans held 'captive' on China-flagged vessel in Uruguay
May 21, 2014 (AFP)
Twenty-eight African immigrants were held in slavery on a China-flagged fishing vessel off the coast of Uruguay where they were beaten and forced to work withou...
With hacking case, US hopes fade that China can play by 'rules'
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
In choosing a major escalation with China over cyber-espionage, the United States has laid bare its frustrations after years of hoping the Asian power would acc...
Two Chinese mine workers abducted in Myanmar
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
Activists have kidnapped two Chinese workers at a China-backed copper mine in Myanmar and are threatening to harm them, their firm said Monday, in the latest er...
Swiss turn down world's highest minimum wage
May 18, 2014 (AFP)
Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to introduce the world's highest minimum wage, which would have guaranteed every worker in one of the world's pricies...
China to rein supreme in world commodities in 2014: report
May 18, 2014 (AFP)
Grains, metals, meat: these are just three of the commodities being sucked in by the voracious Chinese economy which is set to be the key driver on raw material...
China evacuates 3,000 nationals from Vietnam after deadly unrest
May 18, 2014 (AFP)
China has evacuated more than 3,000 of its nationals from Vietnam following a wave of deadly anti-Beijing unrest, state media said Sunday, as Vietnamese civil s...
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