TRADE WARS - SINO DAILY

TED backs unmasking bad actors behind shell firms

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

TED on Tuesday threw its weight behind a quest to unmask evil doers who use "shell companies" to hide illicit wealth or fund foul deeds. Global Witness co-found...

Taiwan protesters occupy parliament over China trade pact

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

Hundreds of Taiwanese activists were locked in a tense standoff with police Wednesday after they stormed parliament to try to stop the government ratifying a co...

China's MMG confirms in talks to acquire Glencore mine in Peru

Mar 19, 2014 (AFP)

MMG Ltd, the overseas arm of Chinese state-owned Minmetals, confirmed Wednesday it was in talks with mining giant Glencore Xstrata to buy its Las Bambas copper ...

Taiwan MPs stage fast to protest at China trade pact

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

Three Taiwanese opposition legislators on Tuesday started a 70-hour hunger strike to protest at what they term illegal moves by the ruling party to ratify a con...

Jan-Feb foreign direct investment in China rises 10.4%

Mar 18, 2014 (AFP)

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China increased 10.4 percent year on year in the first two months of 2014, the government said Tuesday, while the country's...

Bayern boss Hoeness 'hid evidence for a year'

Mar 11, 2014 (AFP)

Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeness faced damaging testimony in a tax trial Tuesday when an official charged the German football legend had withheld incriminating ev...

Japan says Bitcoin not a currency, but taxable

Mar 07, 2014 (AFP)

Bitcoin is not a currency but transactions involving it should be "subject to taxation", Japan's government said Friday, in a move that could pave the way for f...

US businessman sold trade secrets to China: jury

Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)

A US jury convicted a California businessman Wednesday of selling stolen trade secrets to Chinese firms so they could develop a pigment used to whiten a wide ra...

Apple sent billions offshore to avoid Australia tax: report

Mar 06, 2014 (AFP)

Apple shifted billions in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to Ireland over the past decade, a report said Thursday, as the government vowed to sto...

Japan eyes Bitcoin regulations, taxes: report

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Japan may slap regulations on Bitcoin including taxing transactions, a report said Wednesday, as the global digital currency suffered another alleged theft that...

Chinese to splurge $39 bn on Australian homes: study

Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)

Wealthy Chinese will pour Aus$44 billion (US$39.4 billion) into Australian real estate over the next seven years, potentially pushing prices in one of the world...

Using stolen computer processing cycles to mine Bitcoin

Mar 04, 2014 (SPX)

A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has taken an unprecedented, in-depth look at how malware operators use the computers t...

NATO chief says 'peace at risk' as Russia faces G8 sanction

Mar 02, 2014 (AFP)

NATO's chief warned that Europe's peace and security were at risk from Russian threats of a military incursion in Ukraine as Moscow faced a barrage of warnings ...

Japan factory output jumps on demand rush before tax hike

Feb 28, 2014 (AFP)

Japan's industrial output grew at its fastest rate in more than two years in January as factories cranked out goods ahead of a sales tax hike, adding momentum t...

China treats South Africa as business equals: Zuma

Feb 27, 2014 (AFP)

China does business with South Africa on an equal footing, unlike Western former colonial powers who still act like its master, President Jacob Zuma has said. "...

Japan probing bitcoin exchange after huge reported theft

Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)

Japanese authorities were Wednesday probing the troubled MtGox bitcoin exchange after claims of a multi-million dollar theft from its digital vaults, as US pros...

Panel to probe China compliance claim in WTO steel row

Feb 26, 2014 (AFP)

A panel of trade experts was created Wednesday at US behest to test China's claim that it has complied with WTO rules regarding duties on certain US steel produ...

Billionaire boom for Asia: Chinese survey

Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)

Asia experienced a billionaire boom last year, with more than 200 people from the continent seeing their net worth pass into 10 figures, a Chinese publisher sai...

US firms in China still positive despite challenges: survey

Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)

US firms in China are largely optimistic about their prospects in the world's second-biggest economy, a survey showed Tuesday, despite a growth slowdown and a g...

Bitcoin world in turmoil after exchange goes dark

Feb 25, 2014 (AFP)

The Bitcoin community was thrown into turmoil Tuesday after the disappearance of what had been its biggest exchange, shaking confidence in the fast-growing virt...