China border dispute can be solved peacefully: Indian PM
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.—File Photo
NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister said Saturday a dispute over an alleged incursion by Chinese troops deep inside Indian-claimed territory can be settled peacefully and [...]
China Industrial Companies’ Profit Growth Slows as Economy Cools
Growth in Chinese industrial
companies’ profits slowed in March, adding to evidence the
nation’s economic recovery is losing steam.
Net income increased 5.3 percent from a year earlier to
464.9 billion yuan ($75 billion), down from a 17.2 [...]
China reports new bird flu case in Hunan province
BEIJING |
Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:56am EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday reported its first case of H7N9 bird flu in the southern province of Hunan, the latest sign the virus that has killed 23 people in [...]
Piaget Remains Upbeat on China
BY LAURIE BURKITT
SHANGHAI—Executives at Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA’s Piaget watch and jewelry brand remain upbeat on China’s affinity for luxury despite recent blunted demand spurred by a crackdown in the [...]
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China March Industrial Profit Growth Slows Sharply Amid Weak Domestic Demand
Profits of China’s large industrial companies showed much slower growth in March than in the first two months of the year, suggesting that the nation’s key industries are still struggling with weak demand and overcapacity.
Profit [...]
Chinese Solar Firm Sells Stake to Raise Cash
BY WAYNE MA
BEIJING—One of China’s largest solar companies has quietly sold more than one-third of itself since October as it struggles to raise cash to repay debt.
LDK Solar Co. said Friday that it sold 25 million newly [...]
China violence: Ethnic tension in Xinjiang province
China’s president has said there should be “no mercy for terrorists” after an outbreak of violence this week which left more than 20 people dead.
The violence in the remote Xinjiang province has highlighted simmering tensions [...]
H7N9 bird flu spreads to southern China
SHANGHAI – China’s deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to a province in the country’s south, the government said on Friday, marking the second announcement in two days of a case in a new location.
The local health [...]
China-India Border Tensions Rise
BY ROMIT GUHA IN NEW DELHI AND BRIAN SPEGELE IN BEIJING
Tensions are mounting between India and China over their disputed Himalayan border and shared water resources ahead of a visit to New Delhi next month by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
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GM Earnings Should Keep Cruising On Strong US And China Sales
GM’s Margins Cruise Higher Selling More Pickups And Cadillacs
Trefis [...]
US: Diplomatic, Military Rebalance to Asia No Threat to China – VOA
— U.S. officials say shifting more diplomatic, commercial, and military assets to the Asia-Pacific region is not a threat to China. Stepped-up Chinese naval exercises are partly a response to the Obama administration’s diplomatic and [...]
China finds new bird flu case in eastern Fujian province: Xinhua
BEIJING |
Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:46am EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities discovered on Friday the first case of a new strain of bird flu in the eastern province of Fujian, signaling the spread of the virus [...]
Watchmakers Find Gold Rush in China Is Slowing Down
BASEL, SWITZERLAND — After opening hundreds of stores in China in recent years, some watch companies are facing an inventory glut and cutting back their retailing presence there.
The downsizing comes as shipments of timepieces to [...]
Doubts over China government claims on Xinjiang attack
26 April 2013
Last updated at 22:14 GMT
Article written by
Damian Grammaticas
China correspondent
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China media: Francois Hollande visit
26 April 2013
Last updated at 06:02 GMT
Mr Hollande is seeking more investment from China
Media in China praise vows by Chinese and French leaders to build a “multipolar world”, but note lingering differences on [...]
Hollywood Pushes Back Against New China Tax
By BEN FRITZ and LAURIE BURKITT
Twentieth Century Fox is refusing to accept about $23 million it is owed on Chinese box-office receipts for producing “Life of Pi” as a result of a clash between Hollywood and Chinese [...]
"Django Unchained" gets May China release after "issues" resolved
LOS ANGELES |
Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:56pm EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Quentin Tarantino’s violent slavery revenge fantasy “Django Unchained” will be released in China in May, its U.S. distributors [...]
Frenchman Will Return to China Prized Bronze Artifacts Looted in 19th Century
The offer to return the heads came from François-Henri Pinault, one of 60 high-powered Frenchmen who are accompanying the French president, François Hollande, this week on his first visit to China. Mr. Hollande is seeking to strengthen diplomatic [...]
China urges dialogue on charging for music downloads
China’s copyright watchdog has urged music providers and Web site operators should meet to discuss the possibility of charging for music downloads on the Internet.
Yan Xiaohong, deputy director of the National Copyright Administration [...]
Probe Risk Sends AAA Spreads to Three-Month High: China Credit
Borrowing costs for top-rated Chinese companies rose to a three-month high as the central bank’s probe into the $3.7 trillion interbank bond market drove investors into safer government securities.
The People’s Bank of China asked market [...]
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China’s Politburo Warns on Financial Risks as Recovery Falters
China’s top leaders said the
country must guard against financial risks and boost consumption
amid signs that the recovery in the world’s second-biggest
economy is faltering.
“China needs to cement its domestic economic growth
momentum [...]
Japan-China Defense Officials to Meet as Island Tensions Flare
Defense officials from Japan and
China will meet today in Beijing, signaling Asia’s two biggest
economies are trying to soothe rising tensions over East China
Sea islands claimed by both.
The officials are scheduled to meet this evening, [...]
Can Hollywood Romance Chinese Film-Goers?
Cast member Robert Downey Jr. poses for a photo with an Iron Man figure during a promotional event of the movie “Iron Man 3″ before its release in China in early May at the Imperial Ancestral Temple of Beijing’s Forbidden [...]
China’s Stock Futures Rise as Banks, PetroChina Report Earnings
China’s stock-index futures rose,
signaling benchmark indexes may pare a weekly loss, as companies
from Bank of China Ltd. to China Life Insurance Co. reported
higher earnings.
Futures on the CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300) gained 0.2 percent to [...]
In China, the License Plates Can Cost More Than the Car
Shanghai’s busy streets teem with Buicks, Fords, Volkswagens, and Toyotas. More than 9 out of 10 cars in the world’s most populous city are made by foreign companies, and it’s not just a reflection of mainlanders’ preference for Western [...]
Luxury-Goods Firms’ Little China Secret
BY WEI GU
The dirty little secret among luxury-goods companies is that they have been persistently overcharging their best customers in China.
With Chinese appetite for everything from expensive cars to handbags is starting to [...]
Romance! Money! Intrigue! It’s Model UN … in China.
Students prepare for a Model UN conference in Geneva, Switzerland. (M. Jacobson-Gonzalez/ITU)
Model United Nations (MUN), a popular college- and high school-level extracurricular activity in the U.S. and Europe, has come to China. [...]
China’s Slowing Economy: What You Need to Know
Growth in China is cooling—that in itself is no longer news. What’s made headlines recently, though, is that it’s decelerating much faster than anticipated. Here are some important things you need to know about the world’s second-largest [...]


