| Drought continues to wreak havoc in southwest China A once-in-a-century drought in southwestern China has resulted in a shortage of drinking water for millions of people and livestock, the Xinhua news agency reported... | |
| Baimiao becomes China's first town to make government accounts public China's remote Baimiao Township in Sichuan province has become the first in the country to make its accounts... |
| Chinese Fishermen Seized Off Cameroon Freed: Sources YAOUNDE (AFP) - Seven Chinese fishermen abducted off Cameroon's resource-rich Bakassi peninsula last week were freed on Wednesday, Cameroonian and Chinese sources told AFP.The hostages had left... |
| The Greater China Fund, Inc. Announces The Effectiveness Of The Registration Statement For Its Rights Offering GCH ) announced today that its registration statement for its rights offering has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). As stated in the registration... |
| China Wi-max Communications, Inc. Ceo Outlines Growth Strategy In An Interview With Ipo Desktop DENVER, CO and BEIJING--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Steven Berman, China Wi-Max CEO and President. ("China Wi-Max" or "the Company")... |
| Ethiopia's Tourism Minister Wants To Attract Visitors From China, India ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia hopes to exploit growing business ties with China, India and Turkey to attract middle class visitors from those countries and boost its largely untapped tourism... |
| Schork Oil Outlook: China Rates Not Likely To Move Prices Editor of"The Schork Report" Another big concern is China’s upcoming interest rate shift. With a stronger than expected increase in the consumer price index (2.7% instead of 2.5%) for February,... |
| Hong Kong Performers Share Cultural Heritage Washington — It is not often that a monk, a monkey, a pig and a water demon journey together for a common purpose, but that is the premise of Journey to the West, one of the great classical novels... |
| Hu To Face Trial As Rio Boss Visits China It has been eight months coming, but the detained executives from Rio Tinto's Shanghai-based iron ore negotiating team will finally face court next Monday. Australian national Stern Hu and his three... |
| Toyota’s Pricing Power Vanishes In China Neil Hu, a sales manager at a Toyota dealership in Beijing, said he has stopped charging a 5,000 yuan ($732) premium to customers who want to skip the waiting list for RAV4 sport- utility vehicles.... |
| Special Report: Watches: Swiss Makers Reward The Chinese Market SINGAPORE — After the darkest days of the recession, as the U.S. market continued to stagnate, resilient Chinese buyers helped to keep the Swiss watch industry alive. Now, as the industry... |
| The Trial Of Four Rio Tinto Staff Charged With Commercial Spying Will Begin In A Shanghai Court On Monday. The trial of four Rio Tinto staff charged with commercial spying will begin in a Shanghai court on Monday. The four employees of the Anglo-Australian miner, including Australian citizen Stern Hu,... |
| The Yuan Is "very Much Undervalued," International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-kahn Said, Adding To Growing Global Pressure On China. Thursday, March 18, 2010 "It's in the logic of rebalancing [the world economy] that the yuan will appreciate," he told the European parliament's economic affairs committee in Brussels. Beijing... |
| Nj: Asian Casino Boss Has Mob Ties In China (AP) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - New Jersey casino regulators say they have evidence Asian casino magnate Stanley Ho has extensive ties to organized crime in China. Their suspicions led MGM... |
| New Chinese Amb. Pledges Better Bilateral Ties New Chinese ambassador to South Korea Zhang Xinsheng yesterday said he will upgrade what he called the best Sino-South Korean relationship to a higher level.In a highly unusual move by a Chinese... |
| India To Offer Suppliers More Than China For Potash Imports March 18 (Bloomberg) -- India, the world’s biggest potash importer, will offer a higher price than China for overseas purchases of the soil nutrient to ensure supplies, two government officials... |
| Reports: Google Struggles With China Tangle Google Inc. trying to sort out problems created by its possible withdrawal from China. On Tuesday, China’s government television broadcaster posted a letter to Google on its web site,... |
| Google Partners In China Get Antsy FT: Google, China at Impasse (AP) Chinese companies that sell advertising on Google's China search engine have appealed for information on its future and say they might want compensation if it is... |
| Video: Macau Casino Moves Boost Shares Shares of Macau casinos gained after Macau's chief executive said he would seek to regulate the building of new casinos. Stefanie McIntyre... |
| China: Iran Sanctions 'counterproductive' "We need to do our best and we need to exhaust every avenue before we decide on whether we should have new additional sanction measures." - China's Ambassador to the UN, He Yafei China's new... |
| Sudan Hangs Two For Killing Chinese Oil Workers KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan executed two people convicted of killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, in one of the country's most energy-rich regions, state media reported on Wednesday.The... |
| Taiwan Shares Open Higher The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened higher Monday than its previous close, moving up 2.54 points at 7,750.87 on a turnover of NT$1.96 billion (US$61.25 million). The weighted price index... |
| China North East Petroleum Reports 41% Increase In Production China North East Petroleum announced preliminary fourth quarter and full year oil production results and fourth quarter 2009 drilling results for its oil drilling and service subsidiary, Tiancheng. ... |
| Ratings Roundup: Middle East, China Taiping, Lawpro (CTIM). The outlook for both ratings is stable. The ratings reflect "CTIM's solid risk-based capitalization and strong operating earnings," Best said. "The affirmation also acknowledges the company's... |
| The Looming Trade War With China In recent weeks, Chinese leaders have stepped up the verbal assault on the West by attacking U.S. policy as well as U.S. and European corporations. Due to the global recession and falling demand,... |
| World Bank Raises Chinese Growth Forecast The World Bank hiked its forecast Wednesday for China's economic growth this year to 9.5 per cent but raised concerns about inflation, especially in real estate prices. The World Bank's earlier... |
| * World Bank Calls For A Stronger Yuan AGENCIES, BEIJING AND WASHINGTON Thursday, Mar 18, 2010, Page 1 The World Bank yesterday urged China to let its currency rise to contain inflation and stop the economy overheating, predicting... |
| Black-cab Maker Manganese Bronze Sells Majority Stake To Chinese Company A TX4 taxi being manufactured at Manganese Bronze's plant in Coventry in 2007. Photograph: David Sillitoe Fears that the recession will force Britain's manufacturers to shift production to cheaper... |
| Fema Rebuffs Florida On Chinese Drywall M ANATEE - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has rejected Florida’s request for help in assessing damage caused by corrosive Chinese drywall, a decision that the state might appeal. In a... |
| Nj: Asian Casino Boss Has Big Mob Ties In China A TLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey casino regulators say Asian casino mogul Stanley Ho has extensive ties to Chinese organized crime and lets them "operate and thrive" inside his casinos. The... |
| Blackstone Signs Deal With China Co A consortium led by Blackstone Group has agreed to invest about $600 million in a Chinese agricultural company ahead of its planned Hong Kong listing, sources with knowledge of the deal said on ... |
| * Hokkaido Cricket Side Visiting Taiwan STAFF REPORTER Thursday, Mar 18, 2010, Page 18 Cricket in Taiwan goes international this weekend with the arrival of a team from Japan for three days of thrills and spills with bat and ball. ... |
| * Chinese Advertisers Call On Google For Compensation Talks AFP, BEIJING Thursday, Mar 18, 2010, Page 10 A group of 27 Chinese advertising agencies have sent Google a letter calling for talks over compensation for possible business losses if the Internet... |
| China Envoy Urges Iran To Compromise, Wary On Sanctions GENEVA (Reuters) - China has urged Iran to accept a nuclear fuel swap proposal to ease demands for new sanctions on Tehran, a senior Chinese diplomat said, adding that Beijing wants "every avenue"... |
| World Bank Urges China To Let Currency Rise Submit your comment The World Bank on Wednesday urged China to let its currency rise to contain inflation and stop the economy overheating, predicting that growth will gallop ahead at 9.5 percent... |
| Tibet: China: Tibetan Junior High Students Protest. The Police Arrests Them Tibet virtually under siege ahead of the March anniversary. Police and army deployed by their thousands, shops closed in Lhasa and elsewhere as a sign of mourning. But protests erupt in junior high... |
| Drought Creating Drinking Water Shortage In China Posted on: Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 10:17 CDT Southwestern parts of China face a shortage of drinking water due to a rare drought that has dried up rivers and threatens to cripple farms in the... |
| Drought Continues To Wreak Havoc In Southwest China Kunming (China), March 17 : A once-in-a-century drought in southwestern China has resulted in a shortage of drinking water for millions of people and livestock, the Xinhua news agency reported... |
| Environment: Blame On Chinese Dams Rise As Mekong River Dries Up BANGKOK, Mar 17, 2010 (IPS) - As the water level in the Mekong River dips to a record 50-year low, a familiar pattern of fault-finding has risen to the surface. China, the regional giant through... |
