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South China Sea trade routes safe despite rows
Jun 15, 2014 (AFP)
Despite territorial stand-offs between China and other nations bordering the South China Sea, analysts say governments know better than to choke off the trade s...
Chinese premier hopes to 'change misperceptions' on UK trip
Jun 15, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to Britain on Monday, hoping to "change misperceptions" about his country and improve diplomatic relations w...
China invests in development to enhance LatAm presence
Jun 14, 2014 (AFP)
China, whose presence in Latin America until now was largely based on an appetite for raw materials, is diversifying investments by financing much needed develo...
Alibaba ties up with China's state postal service
Jun 12, 2014 (AFP)
E-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday it would develop a logistics network with China's dominant state postal carrier, the latest in a series of deals before a...
Alibaba launches US shopping website
Jun 11, 2014 (AFP)
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched an American shopping website as the company continues a deal binge ahead of a widely anticipated US listing. The o...
Italian PM courts Chinese investment on Beijing visit
Jun 11, 2014 (AFP)
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi met Wednesday with top leaders of China's ruling Communist Party, the latest European leader to beat a path to Beijing's doo...
China in rare ruling favouring strikers: report
Jun 11, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese committee has ruled against an employer who fired 40 workers for going on strike, state-media said Wednesday, highlighting rising labour activism in t...
China, India are 'natural partners', envoy tells Modi
Jun 09, 2014 (AFP)
China's top diplomat told India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday that the nuclear-armed neighbours should regard themselves as "natural partners" ra...
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...
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...
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"...
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'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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