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Archaeologists find evidence of prehistoric gold trade
Jun 05, 2015 (UPI)
An ancient route between Britain and Ireland supported a gold trade as far back as the early Bronze Age. Archaeologists in England say the trading of gold among...
US agencies probe big banks on China nepotism
Jun 04, 2015 (AFP)
US investigations into the hiring by large banks of the children of powerful Chinese officials are heating up, people familiar with the probes told AFP. The US ...
Obama says China hints at joining Pacific trade deal
Jun 03, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday suggested that China could eventually join a nascent trans-Pacific trade pact, raising the prospect of an accord spanning...
Taiwan president warns over stalled China trade deals
Jun 02, 2015 (AFP)
President Ma Ying-jeou warned Tuesday of damage to Taiwan's economy if the legislature does not pass controversial trade deals with China, which have stalled in...
S. Korea, China formally sign free trade pact
Jun 01, 2015 (AFP)
China and South Korea on Monday formally signed a free trade agreement (FTA) that would remove most tariffs between Asia's largest and fourth-largest economies,...
Rising worker activism in 'world's workshop' challenges China
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
As workers gathered around a table in a cheap restaurant to discuss strike action against their shoe factory bosses, Chinese police barged in and dragged away t...
China, Latin America have profitable but unequal ties
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang heads home from a Latin American tour Tuesday with a briefcase full of deals that bolster a relationship profitable for the re...
Iron ore firm Fortescue soars on China investment talk
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Shares in Australian iron ore giant Fortescue Metals jumped more than 10 percent Tuesday on speculation that two of China's largest companies are poised to pump...
China-backed infrastructure bank operational by end-2015
May 22, 2015 (AFP)
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be operational by the end of this year, prospective founding members said Friday after a three-da...
Japan PM unveils $110 bn plan for Asian infrastructure
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday a $110 billion investment plan for infrastructure projects in Asia in an apparent counter to China's move t...
HP sells stake in China unit for $2.3 billion
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
Hewlett-Packard announced Thursday it was selling a 51 percent stake in its China-based server business, creating a joint venture with Tsinghua Holdings that wi...
Chinese investment not Brazil panacea: analysts
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
Brazil may have received a $53 billion investment boost from China but the South American giant would be unwise to view investment from the Asian superpower as ...
US charges China academics in trade theft scheme
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
US prosecutors have charged six Chinese nationals, including three university professors, in a years-long scheme to steal trade secrets on mobile phone technolo...
Mongolia and Rio Tinto sign Oyu Tolgoi deal
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and Mongolia agreed a multi-billion-dollar expansion of a vast copper and gold mine, officials said Tuesday, ending a tw...
China, Brazil, unveil multibillion trade, investment deals
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang lifted the wraps Tuesday on a multibillion-dollar series of trade and investment deals with Brazil, as Beijing looks to invest $53 bi...
China-backed infrastructure bank members to meet in Singapore
May 19, 2015 (AFP)
Prospective founding members of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will hold a three-day meeting in Singapore this week to discuss polici...
China PM on Brazil visit, promising big investment
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang began a three-day visit to Brazil on Monday armed with a promise of some $50 billion in infrastructure investments as his host...
India's Modi brings home $22 billion in China deals
May 16, 2015 (AFP)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi got down to business on the final day of his trip to China on Saturday, saying his country was open for investment as firms ...
China to invest $50 billion in Brazil
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
China will invest $50 billion to help overhaul Brazil's aging infrastructure, the government here announced Thursday, ahead of an official visit by Chinese Prim...
Brazil looking to China for investment, trade
May 13, 2015 (AFP)
Brazil signalled Wednesday it will look to China for major investments in its infrastructure as it prepares to host next year's Olympics amid an economic slump....
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