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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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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