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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...
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...
China says regrets death in Myanmar mine protest
Dec 24, 2014 (AFP)
China expressed regret on Wednesday after a woman protesting against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in Myanmar was shot dead. The woman, believed to...
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...
Business interest piqued by prospect of US, Cuba trade
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
US businesses are lining up to take advantage of the enormous investment potential of Cuba, all but untouched for more than half-a-century by American capitalis...
Woman shot dead protesting China-backed mine in Myanmar: govt
Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)
A woman protesting against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in Myanmar has been shot dead, a government spokesman said Tuesday, announcing an investig...
US officials see progress in China trade talks
Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)
The United States and China wrapped up high-level trade talks Thursday in Chicago, with US officials hailing progress in a range of areas including medicines, i...
WTO appeals panel sides with China in US anti-dumping duties row
Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)
The World Trade Organization strengthened its support Thursday for China in a final ruling in a dispute over punitive duties imposed by the United States on a r...
Italy arrest 18 over China bank transfers via British company
Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)
Italy's financial police on Wednesday arrested 18 people suspected of making illicit cash transfers totalling more than a billion euros, most of them to China t...
Sri Lanka opposition puts China's port project on notice
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's opposition Tuesday accused China of destroying the island's pristine beaches and warned Beijing its $1.4 billion port investment could be in jeopard...
China steps up plan for new export corridor into Europe
Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang met central and eastern European leaders Tuesday in a summit to cement Beijing's plans for a new transport network to funnel e...
China imports fall and export growth slows in November
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
China's stuttering economy suffered another blow in November as export growth slowed sharply and imports surprisingly contracted, government data showed Monday,...
World's largest container ship leaves Shanghai for Europe
Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)
The world's largest container vessel, the CSCL Globe, set off Monday on its maiden voyage to Europe from Shanghai, ship owner China Shipping Container Lines (CS...
Britain launches new 'Google tax' on multinationals
Dec 03, 2014 (AFP)
The British government on Wednesday slapped a new tax rate on multinational companies that seek to avoid paying their fair share to Treasury coffers. The levy -...
Free trade pact takes effect between Chile, Hong Kong
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
A free trade agreement between Hong Kong and Chile went into effect on Monday, the Chilean government said. Hong Kong signed the deal with Chile in 2012 at the ...
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