China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites The New York Times | BEIJING — Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, according to exile groups and court officials. | The sentences, the outcome of a one-day trial last we...
China finds a friend in Germany Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 China finds a friend in Germany | By Jian Junbo | SHANGHAI - China and Germany are moving toward a closer and friendlier partnership, a process that seemed highly unlikely just three years ago and which could provide Beijing with an influential ally on the wor...
Google to delete Wi-Fi data collected in HK China Daily | HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Roderick Woo said on Friday Google has agreed to erase all the Wi-Fi payload data collected in the city and the watchdog decided not to launch a formal investigation to the leading sear...
China aims to make yuan convertible China Daily | BEIJING - The ultimate goal of China's exchange rate reform is to make the yuan a fully convertible currency, Yi Gang, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), said Friday. | Yi, also deputy governor of the People's Bank of Chin...
Hong Kong tycoon to buy UK power grids for £5.8b Gulf News | London/Hong Kong: Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is to buy UK power grids from France's EDF for £5.8 billion (Dh33.2 billion), the biggest full European acquisition by a North Asian group. | The tycoon's investment vehicles Cheung Kon...
Expensive tastes help boost airfreight volumes to China NZ Herald 5:30 AM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | Xin Jing spends about 200 yuan ($41) on Japanese sashimi each time she visits the city'super grocery store in Shanghai. Her appetite is helping fill cargo planes bound for China, boosting profit at Cathay P...
Airlines living on the edge: CEO NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | Airlines talk business in billions but the difference between big profits or large losses is small, says Cathay Pacific Airways chief executive Tony Tyler. | Airlines went through a desperately bad time ...
Customs link in smugglers' $17m P plot NZ Herald By 5:30 AM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | A Customs broker has been charged with helping smuggle drugs worth up to $17 million in machine parts arriving at Auckland International Airport. | Bo "Kevin" Niu appeared in Auckland District Court this...
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Asia nudges ahead Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while, although...
A Persian message for Obama Asia Times | Jul 31, 2010 A Persian message for Obama | By M K Bhadrakumar | The season of diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue is once again approaching. Another hars...
Backgrounder: China's 10-year national education plan China Daily | BEIJING - China published in full the country's national education plan for the next decade Thursday, pledging to shape a learning society and turn China into a country rich in ...
BP rejects Sinopec bid for assets Gulf News | Shanghai: China Petroleum & Chemical Corp said BP declined an offer by the Chinese company to buy some of its assets. | "We've talked to BP on some good assets, but they won't sell," Zhang Jianhua, senior vice president of the co...
Court tries to stop judge from resigning Taipei Times | STATEMENT: Judge Chen Heng-kuan has tendered his resignation. He said that he thinks High Court judges have too much power and hopes his resignation may change things | By Rich Chang | Staff Reporter | The Taiwan High Court yesterday said it was tr...
Lu calls on DPP to focus on national security Taipei Times | LOOKING AHEAD: Annette Lu said that President Ma is seeking unification with China and is using the ECFA and the recent diplomatic truce to achieve his goal | By Mo Yan-chih | Staff Reporter | Former vice president Annette Lu points at a map yester...
BNHI fund earnings positive for first time in three years Taipei Times | By Shelley Huang | Staff Reporter | The Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) yesterday reported that its quarterly fund earnings turned positive for the first time in three years, showing that a recent increase in the insurance premium rate h...
Beijing Disputes IEA Data On Energy Wall Street Journal By SHAI OSTERAnd SPENCER SWARTZ | BEIJING—China's government disputed the International Energy Agency's assertion that China surpassed the U.S. as the world's largest energy consumer last year, highlighting the lack of clarity in China's energy sector as well as the country's unease at its growing global impact. More | China Tops U.S. in Ener...
Shanghai stocks fall on issuances, liquidity; HK lower The Times Of India HONG KONG/SHANGHAI: Shanghai shares extended losses, dragging the Hong Kong market lower. Bank shares are under pressure with a glut of new share issues this week, including Agricultural Bank of China's mammoth listing, added to liquidity woes. China's key stock index, the Shanghai Composite Index, was down 1.6 percent by midday Monday at a 15-mont...
