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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'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...
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...
Trade indigestion: US slaps hefty duty on Chinese MSG
May 02, 2014 (AFP)
The United States on Friday hit imports of food enhancer MSG from China with high duties, saying the country is dumping the product in the US market at below co...
US: China's theft of trade secrets a major concern
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
Washington said Wednesday that China's efforts to steal US trade secrets are of "significant concern" as it again listed the country as a major violator of inte...
China pushes for rival trans-Pacific trade deal
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
China is pressing for a vast Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a senior official said Wednesday, as a rival US-led deal that excludes the Asian giant runs into...
Huge China strike peters out as workers cite intimidation
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of employees at a Chinese factory making shoes for Nike, Adidas and others returned to work Monday after one of the country's biggest recent s...
China intervenes over days-old strike at shoe factory
Apr 25, 2014 (AFP)
China has ordered owners of a huge Taiwan-backed shoe factory to address striking workers' grievances about unpaid social security, an official said Friday. Tho...
Brits abandon Spain, Chinese flock there: data
Apr 22, 2014 (AFP)
Spain's population shrank in 2013 for a second year with foreigners including many Britons abandoning the country, although the number of Chinese there grew, of...
Chinese foreign minister starts Latin America tour
Apr 21, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Cuba Sunday, the first stop on a tour of four Latin America countries. The purpose of the stop in Havana was to pave the...
Chinese gold demand may rise 20% by 2017: industry body
Apr 15, 2014 (AFP)
China's annual demand for gold could jump around 20 percent by 2017 as more of its increasingly wealthy population seek new ways to make money, the World Gold C...
China consortium buys Peru copper mine stake for $5.85 bn
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
China Minmetals said Monday that a consortium led by one of its subsidiaries MMG has agreed to buy Glencore Xstrata Plc's stake in the Las Bambas copper mine pr...
Swedish city introduces payment by hand scanning
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
Hand scanning has become an alternative payment method for people in a city in southern Sweden, researchers at Lund University said Monday. Vein scanning termin...
China Q1 growth slows to 7.3%: AFP survey
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
China's economic expansion slowed in the first three months of this year, according to an AFP survey, and remains on track for its worst annual performance in n...
Energy efficiency a trump card for German tech exports
Apr 13, 2014 (AFP)
An often-ignored aspect of Germany's green energy transition is the one that has most helped its export industry; energy efficiency, the new hallmark of the cou...
Australia's NAB cuts ties with virtual currencies
Apr 10, 2014 (AFP)
One of Australia's biggest banks confirmed Thursday it was distancing itself from digital currencies after reviewing its risk profile. The National Australia Ba...
Taiwan demonstrators end parliament seizure, threaten more protests
Apr 10, 2014 (AFP)
Student activists Thursday ended an unprecedented three-week occupation of Taiwan's parliament in protest at a service trade pact with China, but threatened mor...
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