Manchester City trio named on Fifa longlist for the 2012 Ballon d'Or
• Sergio Agüero, Yaya Touré and Mario Balotelli nominated • Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo favourites to win award The Manchester City trio of Sergio Agüero, Yaya Touré and Mario Balotelli have...
View ArticleChina passes law to curb abuse of mental hospitals
BEIJING (AP) — China's legislature on Friday passed a long-awaited mental health law that aims to prevent people from being involuntarily held and unnecessarily treated in psychiatric facilities —...
View ArticleObama campaign: Romney Jeep ad 'flat-out false'
Washington - The Obama campaign harshly attacked a ad running in Ohio that says Chrysler plans to build Jeep vehicles in China. Reported by detnews.com 1 hour ago.
View ArticleXinjiang militants in Syria, China sounds `high alert`
China asked the international community to be on "high alert" and step up cooperation to fight against terrorism. Reported by Zee News 2 hours ago.
View Article1 killed, 5 missing as typhoon Son-Tinh hits Chinese coast
Typhoon Son-Tinh lashed China`s southern coast on Monday, leaving one person dead and five others missing while displacing thousands of people. Reported by Zee News 2 hours ago.
View ArticleAs China Readies for Transition, a Spike in Tibetan Self-Immolations
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View ArticleChina: Grassroots democracy challenges new leaders
Large-scale protests have increased in China, reflecting anger over corruption and the lack of government accountability and transparency - the kind of unrest that experiments in grassroots democracy....
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China accuses Wen Jiabao's critics of smear campaign
Foreign ministry hits out at foreign press amid claims that Chinese premier's relatives control assets worth at least $2.7bn China's foreign ministry has accused critics of trying to destabilise the...
View ArticleCosts and subsidies hurt telco
CHINA Telecom Corp's third quarter net profit fell 7.3 percent because it has to incur rising costs to compete with bigger rivals and offer subsidies for Apple Inc's iPhone when it expanded into the...
View ArticleChinaPNR readies to compete with Alipay
CHINA Payment and Remittance Service (ChinaPNR), a Shanghai-based third-party payment service provider, will form a new international management team as it gears up to compete with Alibaba's Alipay....
View ArticleBanks post mixed performances
CHINA Merchants Bank's net profit in the third quarter rose an annual 17 percent while China Citic Bank posted a 22 percent drop in profit. Reported by Shanghai Daily 11 minutes ago.
View ArticleTaxes on share dividends may be cut to boost market
CHINA is considering cutting taxes on stock dividends for long-term investors in a latest move to boost the depressed capital market. Reported by Shanghai Daily 11 minutes ago.
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TSX falls as U.S. markets shuttered ahead of Hurricane Sandy
Toronto's main market was slightly lower Monday, but things were fairly quiet as the arrival of Hurricane Sandy resulted in U.S. equity markets cancelling trading for the day. U.S. markets are expected...
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The BBC's Operation Iceberg captures a brief moment frozen in time
A summer spent filming a gigantic iceberg offered an incredible insight into the life and death of these Arctic fortresses Imagine a solid sheet of frozen water 3km across and 100m thick. Imagine it...
View ArticleChina-U.S. 'Key' To Safer Planet
The major transnational issues of today and tomorrow, such as climate change, energy security, financial system stability, public health, weapons proliferation, piracy, terrorism and world peace, as...
View ArticleChina Clears Jaguar Venture
Jaguar Land Rover, a unit of Tata Motors, said a Chinese agency has cleared its proposal to set up a joint venture with China's Chery Automobile. Reported by Wall Street Journal 58 minutes ago.
View ArticleThe real reason China-Japan are locked in a territory dispute
Nationalist politics and historical resentments figure big in the China-Japan territorial dispute. But there's another alluring ingredient: oil and gas. Reported by Christian Science Monitor 42 minutes...
View ArticleTaiwan Arrests Suspected Spies Working For China
Taiwanese officials have arrested three Taiwanese military officers suspected of being Chinese spies, BBC reported. Chang Chih-hsin, a retired navy officer, has been identified by local Taiwanese media...
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Where Should Gold Be Based on Inflation?
Since the Financial Crisis erupted in 2007, the US Federal Reserve has engaged in dozens of interventions/ bailouts to try and prop up the financial system. Now, I realize that everyone knows the Fed...
View ArticleWhy the Ivory Problem Requires Dealing with Supply, not Demand
In case you haven't heard, ivory is a hot commodity these days. The emergent middle class in China is rapidly driving up demand for ivory trinkets of various kind, which in turn is increasing poaching...
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