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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...
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...
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...
Vietnam violence throws snag for US plans in Asia
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
The outbreak of deadly anti-China protests in Vietnam raises the stakes for the United States, which has rallied behind Beijing's neighbors but faces ugly new r...
One dead, 100 hurt in anti-China riot in Vietnam
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
Anti-China riots at a steel plant in Vietnam left one Chinese worker dead and 100 injured, officials said Thursday, as unrest triggered by an escalating territo...
China police say GSK head ordered bribery: state media
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese authorities have accused a top GlaxoSmithKline executive of ordering employees to commit bribery, following a 10-month probe into the embattled British ...
The terrible truth about income inequality
May 14, 2014 (UPI)
Economic inequality has emerged as the central political challenge of the 21st Century. Left wing academics and politicians are quick with quack remedies -- hig...
Swiss likely to turn down world's highest minimum wage
May 13, 2014 (AFP)
The Swiss are expected to reject a referendum next weekend on whether to introduce the world's highest minimum wage, that would offer each and every worker at l...
Anti-China protest hits Vietnam factories
May 13, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of workers staged a protest at an industrial park in southern Vietnam Tuesday over China's deployment of a drilling rig in contested waters, damaging ...
Japan logs record low annual account surplus
May 12, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's annual current account surplus is the lowest on record, government figures showed Monday, as fossil fuel bills and a sliding yen overshadow rising expor...
Cautious optimism at China bitcoin summit despite uncertain future
May 10, 2014 (AFP)
Some 200 virtual currency enthusiasts excitedly traded namecards and participated in panel discussions Saturday at China's first-ever Global Bitcoin Summit -- b...
US's Lew to urge China to play fair economically
May 09, 2014 (AFP)
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will urge China to play by the rules economically when he meets top officials in Beijing next week, officials said. Lew will spe...
China's largest bank ICBC bars services for Bitcoin
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
China's biggest bank ICBC has banned activities related to trading in Bitcoin, it said Thursday, joining at least 10 other Chinese banks participating in a gove...
China tycoon eyes Norway after cold reception in Iceland
May 05, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese property tycoon shut out by Iceland after he sought to buy a vast tract of the country is turning his attention to Norway, he told AFP on Monday. Huan...
China's Baosteel in $1.3 bn bid for Australia's Aquila
May 05, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese iron and steel giant Baosteel on Monday said it was readying a takeover bid for Aquila Resources that values the Australian iron ore and coal firm at Au...
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