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Obama mocks Romney's get tough with China vow

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

President Barack Obama Wednesday mocked Mitt Romney's get tough with China rhetoric, saying his foe's record of making money in China meant he would be like a f...

NY Times sells stake in jobs website for $100 mn

Sep 25, 2012 (AFP)

The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would sell its stake in the jobs-listing website Indeed.com, and record a gain of $100 million. The media group said in a...

Japan business chiefs scrub China visit: official

Sep 24, 2012 (AFP)

A group of Japanese business leaders that has met top Chinese politicians regularly over 37 years will cancel this year's trip, an official said Monday, amid a ...

Nicaragua, a Taiwan friend, warms to China investment

Sep 23, 2012 (AFP)

Nicaragua's leftist government, which has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, is seeking to lure investments from China -- in part to offset a possible loss of su...

China-Canada should move toward FTA: ambassador

Sep 22, 2012 (AFP)

China's ambassador to Canada said in an interview published Saturday that the two countries should move speedily to sign a free-trade agreement if bilateral bus...

'Corrupt' state boss is richest Malaysian: group

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

The powerful boss of one of Malaysia's poorest states has used graft and abuse of power to amass a staggering $15 billion fortune -- making him the country's ri...

China tightening customs inspections from Japan: firms

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

China is ramping up customs inspections for Japanese products at its ports, firms said on Friday, as a diplomatic row over disputed islands appeared to spill ov...

S. America mulls effect of China slowdown

Sep 21, 2012 (UPI)

China's slowing growth is causing concern in Latin America but the outlook remains stable, new analytical data indicated. SinoLatin Capital equity fund said a w...

Commodity prices mixed on stimulus action, China demand

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

Commodity prices were mixed this week following volatile trading as dealers weighed the effects of new US stimulus measures against fears over weaker Chinese de...

Japan logs trade deficit of $9.6bn in August

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Japan posted its second straight monthly trade deficit in August as exports fell in a sign that slowing overseas growth continues to weigh on the world's third ...

Taiwan's export orders from China rise

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan said Thursday export orders from China in August rose for the first time in five months, even as most of the trade-dependent island's other markets remai...

Philippine gold miner may lose $60 mn due to leaks

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

The operator of the Philippines' largest gold mine said the site is set to remain shut until the end of the year due to waste leaks, and the closure would likel...

Mozambique gets Chinese-funded sea-bridge

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Mozambique on Thursday kicked off construction of a $980-million-dollar Chinese-funded suspension bridge across Maputo Bay as President Armando Guebuza laid the...

Hong Kong cracks down on parallel Chinese traders

Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)

Hong Kong has launched a crackdown on the thousands of mainland Chinese who travel across the border every day to buy products to resell at a profit in China, o...

China's Wen to meet EU amid debt crisis, trade row

Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Europe's leaders Thursday as the world's second-biggest economy falters in the eurozone debt crisis downdraft and the two sides...

Taiwan boosts airport amid China tourism boom

Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan, which is seeing a boom in tourism from China, will spend Tw$463 billion ($15.4 billion) on a new terminal and other facilities at its main airport, the ...

Deadly South Africa miners' strike ends

Sep 19, 2012 (UPI)

A wage deal involving striking miners in South Africa is expected to end a shutdown of the country's gold and platinum fields, a work action in which 45 people ...

Japan Inc. padlocks China factories amid violence

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

Some of Japan's biggest corporate names padlocked factories in China Tuesday as violent anti-Japan protests sparked safety fears, and threatened economic ties w...

Outside View: Get tough with China

Sep 18, 2012 (UPI)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is right: The United States must get tough with China to restore growth and good-paying jobs. The idea behind free trade a...

Deals and ordeals for Chinese tech giant Huawei

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese telecom giant Huawei is perplexed at its treatment in the West, with the United States fearful it is a Trojan horse for cyber warfare even as Europe eag...