China has created the world's first hydrogen fuel cell streetcar
Chinese cities have become increasingly known more for pollution than for the new skyscrapers that have transformed skylines over the past two decades of development. This month, Chinese mass transit...
View ArticleChina is pushing Japan into Asia's geopolitical chess game in a big way
Just a decade ago, only fantasists would have dreamed up headlines such as “Japan, Indonesia Strengthen Defense Ties,” or “Australia-Japan Military Ties Are a ‘Quasi-Alliance.'”The common perception...
View ArticleIndonesia wants a major role in China's new bank
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia wants to play a major role in a new Chinese-led Asian infrastructure bank, with at least the vice-president's position reserved for the Southeast Asian country, the...
View ArticleLeaked Pacific trade pact shows some countries would be exempt from...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Australia's medicine subsidies, Canadian films and culture, and capital controls in Chile would be carved out from investment protection rules being negotiated in a Pacific trade...
View ArticleChina's evolving economy means tough times for big steel
While global steelmakers will enjoy falling costs for raw materials like iron ore and metallurgical coal over the short term, China’s economic slowdown is spelling tough times for them over the secular...
View ArticleChina is using an operation called ‘Skynet’ to track down fugitive corrupt...
'No escape' for China's corrupt cadres, as the country's authorities widen scope of global manhunt to target accomplices and financing.China is ramping up its international manhunt of fugitive corrupt...
View ArticleThe US is isolated as its friends line up to join China-led bank
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. resistance to a Chinese-led Asian regional bank has left it isolated among its Asian and European allies and given some heft to China's frequent complaints that Washington wants...
View ArticleA Chinese tech company is looking to create buzz around its new phone by ......
Chinese internet video platform Leshi TV (also known as LeTV) is looking create a buzz around the launch of its new smartphone, which is expected to be unveiled on April 2.And it's taking an unusual...
View ArticleTesla is in trouble (TSLA)
Tesla shares have been falling since Wednesday. The stock closed on Friday at $185, but flirted with $180 during the trading day.On Wednesday, shares traded above $200, but dipped 8% by the end of the...
View ArticleThese 2 emerging giants are the biggest beneficiaries of cheap oil
We are living in a world obsessed with oil and its price movements. Some time back, when all the trade pundits were predicting a stable 100$ benchmark, the prices fell… and how! The current fall in the...
View ArticleChinese ISIS recruits are sneaking out of China through its southern borders
China's southern seaboard has replaced the mountainous and tightly guarded western frontier as the preferred route for Islamic extremists to slip recruits out of the country, according to a leading...
View ArticleChevron just sold its entire stake in Australia's Caltex in a record-breaking...
PERTH (Reuters) - U.S. energy giant Chevron sold its entire stake in refiner Caltex Australia Ltd for A$4.7 billion ($3.7 billion) in Asia’s biggest block deal this year, as falling oil prices and high...
View ArticleChina's President Xi Jinping applauds the 'promise' of the Chinese economy...
BOAO, China (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping argued Saturday for strong China-led efforts to promote Asian economic and political cooperation while opening a major regional economic conference.Xi...
View ArticleRussia is joining a Chinese-led development bank
Moscow (AFP) - Russia is to sign up to the Chinese-led development bank AIIB, first deputy prime minister Igor Shuvalov said Saturday at an international forum in China, cited by Russian news...
View ArticleCHINA'S CENTRAL BANK: We need to be on the lookout for deflation
BOAO, China (Reuters) - China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan warned on Sunday that the country needs to be vigilant for signs of deflation and said policymakers were closely watching slowing...
View Article'Asian' corporate values are making a comeback
When Asia plunged into crisis in 1997-98, and the IMF was forcing Western economic medicine down the throats of Asian governments, it was also assumed that the region's opaque and over-diversified...
View ArticlePeople think China has gone to war against GitHub
Code-hosting site GitHub is being subjected to an ongoing denial of service (DDoS) attack, the largest in its history — and the Wall Street Journal suggests the Chinese government could be to blame.A...
View ArticleHow Elon Musk was misled by Chinese speculators
Elon Musk, prominent US tech industry leader, has learned a hard lesson from market speculators in China, though the founder of electric car maker Tesla said he wouldn't give up after recent sales...
View ArticleChina is cracking down on golf courses
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have closed 66 golf courses in a renewed crackdown on courses built in contravention of rules designed to protect arable land and save water, China's top...
View ArticleFord is bringing back the Lincoln Continental
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. will resurrect the Lincoln Continental as its top-of-the line luxury sedan, betting the classic name will help rebuild the brand's image in the United States and...
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