San Francisco strengthens ties with China despite Washington suspicion
Mayor Ed Lee and California governor Jerry Brown welcome the Chinese presence transforming the city's culture and economy Tai Chi practitioners stretch in its parks. Restaurants offer copious soy sauce...
View ArticleFitch Ratings Agency Cuts China's Credit Standing
Fitch Ratings has cut one of its key ratings of Chinese government debt, saying there are "underlying structural weaknesses" in the world's second largest economy. Fitch, one of the world's three main...
View ArticleHawaiian Airlines to Begin Service between Honolulu and Beijing, China in...
Hawaiian Airlines today announced it plans to launch non-stop service between Honolulu and Beijing, China in April 2014, pending approvals by U.S. and Chinese regulatory agencies. (Logo:...
View ArticleChina angered as Japan, Taiwan sign fishing agreement
BEIJING (Reuters) - China expressed serious concern on Wednesday after Japan and Taiwan signed a fishing agreement for the seas around a disputed group of East China Sea islands which have been at the...
View ArticleFutures Lifted by China
By Barbara Kollmeyer U.S. stock market futures were pushing for a positive start for Wall Street on Wednesday, inspired by a surprise trade deficit for China, while investors prepared for the release...
View ArticleBrazil targets China as a fashion market
Brazil has made China a strategic market for its fashion industry, expecting higher recognition and more exports of Brazilian shoes, clothes and jewelry to China, said Cesar Yu, chief representative of...
View ArticleChina losing patience with North Korean antics
BEIJING—After nearly a month of belligerent bluster from North Korea, China appears to have had enough, ending its silence about North Korea’s brinkmanship and suddenly roaring its disapproval of its...
View ArticleChina records March trade deficit of $880 mn
Beijing (AFP) April 10, 2013 China recorded a rare trade deficit in March as imports exceeded exports by $880 million, data showed Wednesday, as officials and analysts warned of lingering weakness in...
View Article4-year-old boy recovers from new bird flu in China
4-year-old boy recovers from new bird flu in China A doctor at the Infectious Disease Department of the Pediatric Hospital affiliated with Shanghai's Fudan University confirmed the boy had recovered...
View ArticleMicrosoft denies its Surface tablet warranty in China does not meet requirements
Microsoft has said today that its Surface Pro tablet "meet or exceeds" warranty laws in China, denying Chinese reports that the coverage did not meet requirements. The Pro and its components are...
View ArticleWall Street set for higher open after China data, ahead of Fed minutes
U.S. stock futures continued higher on Wednesday, lifted by China trade data and ahead of minutes from the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting later this afternoon. Futures on the three main...
View ArticleKronos Launches The Workforce Institute in China
CHELMSFORD, Mass. & BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a press conference in Beijing today, The Workforce Institute™ at Kronos Incorporated announced the launch of The Workforce Institute at Kronos in...
View ArticleChina and California sign deal to boost investment
China and California sign deal to boost investment BEIJING (AP) — California and China signed an agreement Wednesday to look for ways to boost trade and investment, even as Gov. Jerry Brown...
View ArticleSGX and China Financial Futures Exchange Collaborate to Develop Derivatives...
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the development of the derivatives markets in China and Singapore....
View ArticlePyongyang Furthers US Strategic Goals to China's Dismay
Nobody but Kim Jong Un knows what he hopes to achieve with his saber-rattling campaign, but the young North Korean leader probably didn't set out to aid the United States, the sworn enemy of three...
View ArticleSouth China FC better step it up
South China suffered a major blow in the Hong Kong Football Association’s RedMR 1st Division League chase after going down to Yokohama FC Hong Kong 1-0 The post South China FC better step it up...
View ArticleChina Urged to Pressure North Korea to Stop Threats
China’s foreign ministry is responding to comments from U.S. lawmakers who argue Beijing has not sufficiently pressured North Korea to stop its warlike rhetoric. In Senate hearings in Washington and in...
View Article15mn impoverished disabled live in rural China
About 15 million disabled people live below China`s poverty line in rural areas, the China Disabled Persons Federation said Wednesday. Reported by Zee News 4 hours ago.
View ArticleTSX gains on China imports data; gold tumbles
Toronto's main market was moderately higher Wednesday afternoon, after better-than-expected imports data out of China and amid indications of division regarding the future of economic stimulus measures...
View ArticleFive New Bird Flu Sites Found in China
China found new cases of bird flu in five live bird markets in the eastern part of the country, a report posted on the website of the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) showed on Wednesday. China...
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