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Major China trade fair export orders hit four-year low
Nov 05, 2013 (AFP)
Export contracts signed at a major trade fair in China hit their lowest in four years, state media reported, indicating foreign demand for the country's goods i...
Australia's mining boom over: report
Nov 05, 2013 (UPI)
Australia's mining sector is expected to suffer from China's economic downturn, says a new report. "With China's economy on course for a rude slowdown over the ...
Hong Kong mulls listing rules change after failed Alibaba talks
Oct 31, 2013 (AFP)
Hong Kong's stock exchange said Thursday it is considering reform of its listing rules following the recent collapse of talks with Alibaba over what could have ...
Cambodia, Malaysia to restart domestic help immigration
Oct 30, 2013 (UPI)
Malaysia and Cambodia are working to end Cambodia's moratorium on women leaving for Malaysia to work as domestic help. Cambodia placed a moratorium on sending d...
China revives WTO nuts and bolts dispute with EU
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
China on Wednesday revived a WTO dispute with the EU over import duties on nuts and bolts, claiming Brussels failed to respect a 2011 ruling, the global body sa...
World Bank: Singapore, Hong Kong best for business
Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)
Singapore and Hong Kong rank the world's best places to run a business, while mainland China remains far down the list, according to the World Bank's annual com...
US firms lukewarm on doing business in China: lobby
Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)
Less than 30 percent of the members of a US business lobby in China say investment conditions are improving in the world's second-largest economy, a survey show...
Greenland awards first big mining exploitation license
Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)
Greenland awarded Thursday its first big mining exploitation license, approving an iron extraction project by British company London Mining, and lifted a ban on...
Brazilians protest over loss of textile jobs to China
Oct 23, 2013 (AFP)
Brazilian textile workers held a demonstration Wednesday over the loss of manufacturing jobs to China, in a protest at a trade fair here showcasing mainly Chine...
Uruguay sees deepwater port as regional master plan
Oct 22, 2013 (UPI)
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica is pushing the country's deepwater port project as a multibillion-dollar regional undertaking, built on Uruguayan soil, leased t...
S. Korea hails milestone cargo move via Arctic
Oct 22, 2013 (AFP)
South Korea announced Tuesday it had completed its first commercial freight voyage via the Northern Sea Route, amid growing global interest in the increasingly ...
Starbucks latest foreign target for Chinese media
Oct 21, 2013 (AFP)
Starbucks has become the latest foreign firm to be roasted by China's state-run media, with a series of accusations that the world's largest coffee shop chain i...
Britain grabs slice of Chinese investment
Oct 20, 2013 (AFP)
Britain has assuaged its hunger for economic ties with China after finance minister George Osborne came away from a trip to the Asian powerhouse with a range of...
Indian PM heads to Russia, China to boost trade
Oct 19, 2013 (AFP)
India's Manmohan Singh embarks Sunday on one of his last major foreign trips as prime minister, heading to Russia and China to strengthen trade ties and address...
Mercosur mulls impact of EU-Canada trade deal
Oct 18, 2013 (UPI)
The Canada-EU trade agreement adds new pressure on Latin America to secure a long-delayed free trade deal with European Union partners, analysts said. Despite E...
Foreign investment in China up 6.2% in first nine months
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
Foreign investment in China rose 6.2 percent on year in the first nine months of 2013, the government said Thursday, but it warned the world's number two econom...
Fast and malodorous: Bangkok's khlong boat network
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Every morning, tens of thousands of Bangkok's most rushed, reckless or cash-strapped commuters hop onto its "khlong" boats -- plying the main canal in a speedy,...
Australia to keep Japan and China as partners: Bishop
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
Australia's newly-minted Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Tuesday the new government in Canberra intends to keep Japan as its "best friend" in Asia, as it wor...
Britain to ease China visa restrictions
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Britain says it will make it easier for China's citizens to obtain visas, as it seeks a bigger slice of the multi-billion-dollar Chinese traveller cake. Finance...
Russia's Nord Gold wins license for Siberian gold field
Oct 14, 2013 (UPI)
A mining company owned by Russian steel industry oligarch Alexei Mordashov has won a long-sought license for gold exploration in eastern Siberia. Mordashov's No...
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