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About 100 Chinese arrested in Ghana for illegal mining
Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)
Police in Ghana have arrested about 100 Chinese citizens this month on charges of illegal mining, a senior embassy official said on Wednesday. "The Ghanaians ha...
China's Xi in Mexico with trade gap on agenda
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday kicked off a three-day visit to Mexico, which is seeking to narrow a huge trade gap with Beijing and attract investment ...
Troubled Italian steel mill goes into administration
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Italy's government on Tuesday placed a troubled steel mill temporarily into administration amid a long-running legal dispute over toxic pollution in a move that...
China, Mexico presidents agree on 'strategic' partnership
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Mexican counterpart vowed to work jointly to access international markets, like the lucrative US market, as part of a new s...
US manufacturing lobby presses Obama on China
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
The US manufacturing lobby on Monday said President Barack Obama should get tough with President Xi Jinping on alleged Chinese cyber spying and what it sees as ...
Xi visits Costa Rica, agree on $2 billion in projects
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping led a major trade foray into Costa Rica Monday with agreements on projects worth nearly $2 billion, including upgrades of an oil re...
Mexico hopes China leader's visit can narrow trade gap
Jun 02, 2013 (AFP)
The leaders of Mexico and China will meet for the second time in two months this week, a sign of deepening cooperation, even as the Latin American nation seeks ...
China opens dumping probe into EU, US chemical sales
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
China launched an anti-dumping probe Friday into chemical imports from the European Union and United States, the government said, amid heightened trade tensions...
China's Xi in Trinidad to boost Caribbean trade
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago late Friday for the first leg of a Latin America and Caribbean tour aiming to strengthen Be...
France backs plan for punitive EU levies on China
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
France on Tuesday said it backed European moves to impose punitive levies on solar panels imported from China, a measure opposed by several states including Ger...
More paramilitaries for Chhattisgarh state
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
The Indian government stopped short of sending the army into Chhattisgarh state in the wake of a Maoist attack that killed 27 people. The attack on a convoy of ...
Sick workers pay price for Chinese growth
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
As China boomed around 200 men set out from Shuangxi's rural idyll to build its infrastructure and skyscrapers. Now lung disease from dust has killed a quarter ...
Germany says 'no' to EU tariffs against China
May 27, 2013 (AFP)
Germany told the European Commission Monday that it rejected a proposal to slap tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports, its economy minister said. "There is, fr...
Chinese group in bid for Club Med holidays: firms
May 27, 2013 (AFP)
The two main shareholders in up-market holiday group Club Mediterranee, including a Chinese firm, said on Monday that they would make a bid for the company, dri...
China opens dumping move against EU chemicals: report
May 27, 2013 (AFP)
China has told the European Commission that it will open complaint procedures for dumping against some European chemical companies, notably Belgian group Solvay...
Merkel pledges to avert EU-China trade war
May 26, 2013 (AFP)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Sunday to take steps to avoid a brewing trade war between China and the EU during a first visit by China's new premier t...
Swiss-China trade deal a symbol amid spats with EU
May 26, 2013 (AFP)
Applauded by Switzerland's business sector, the country's free-trade deal with China is heavy with symbolism, coming as Beijing locks horns with the European Un...
China premier criticises EU for telecom probe, solar panel tax
May 25, 2013 (AFP)
China's Premier Li Keqiang has slammed the European Union for plans to probe the country's telecom products and impose taxes on its solar panels, Chinese state ...
Commodity markets spooked by Bernanke, China data
May 24, 2013 (AFP)
Commodity prices mostly fell this week as traders balanced weak Chinese data against signs that the US Federal Reserve could curtail its quantitative easing sti...
WTO panel to examine Japan-China steel duties dispute
May 24, 2013 (AFP)
The World Trade Organization said Friday its dispute settlement board had agreed to a request from Japan to create a panel to examine its dispute with China ove...
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