Thursday 17th May, 2012

• Cuban Economy at Trade & Investment Forum in China

  Prensa Latina

  Beijing, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba ratified in this capital its desire to continue strengthening economic-trade relations with China, granting a special importance to joint actions of the ...

• Activist Chen May Soon Have Passport, Be Able To Leave China

  NPR

  Chen Guangcheng has reportedly finished submitting applications to Chinese authorities and has been told that he and his immediate family could be issued passports within the next two ...

• Carr hopeful China will accept Huawei ban

  News.com.au

  FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr is hopeful China will eventually accept Australia's decision to ban Huawei Technologies Ltd from bidding for work on the National Broadband ...

• 'Ring of fire' eclipse visible from China to Texas

  Fox News

  Jan.15, 2010: An annular solar eclipse -- whihc occurs when the moon blots out all but a ring around the sun --seen over Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. This year's solar show can be viewed from ...

• China 'Quietly' Nudging North Korea To Drop Nuclear Test: Report

  IBTimes

  China has been "nudging" North Korea to shelve plans for a third nuclear test, though it remains unclear how North may react to the pressure, sources aware of the secretive discussions ...

• Is Yum Brands the best fast food stock to own in China?

  Nasdaq

  The owner of global chains KFC and Pizza Hut has developed a reputation as the fast food stock to own to invest in the Chinese stomach. As a result, Yum Brands ...

• Rising wealth in China fails to buy more happiness

  MSNBC

  By Linda Carroll , msnbc.com contributor Sometimes more money just buys more unhappiness. Take China, for example.Everyone assumed that people would get happier as their wallets got fatter. But a ...

• Why China's economy may be heading for a hard landing

  Christian Science Monitor

  This April 27 photo show a worker at a steelmaker in Zhangjiagang in east China's Jiangsu province. China's economic growth has abruptly decelerated from overheated to slower than Beijing ...

• China Seeks to Assure Workers of Stability

  VOA

  HONG KONG - The Chinese government is seeking to reassure workers of their rights, a move activists say highlights Beijing's concern that possible labor unrest could cause disruptions to social ...

• Lippi named coach of China's Guangzhou Evergrande

  SBS

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Italy's World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi has been appointed head coach of the Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande, the club said on ...

• China Unicom Speeds Ahead In Smartphone Race With HPSA+ Rollout

  Forbes

  AT&T in the U.S. And now, following in AT&T's footsteps, China Unicom will become the first to roll out the faster HSPA+ 3G network in the country later this ...

• Philippines imposes fishing ban to ease standoff with China

  CTV

  MANILA -; The Philippines has imposed a two-month fishing ban in a South China Sea shoal to help ease a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

• China violated LAC 500 times in last two years

  Times of India

  The government, as always, played down the issue by holding the transgressions took place due to "differing perceptions" about where the LAC actually ...

• Philippines seeks new markets amid sea dispute with China

  The Star

  MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines needs to develop new overseas markets so that a maritime standoff with China, which has thrown relations into turmoil, does not take a toll on tourism and fruit ...

• Philippine-China tensions likely to have modest effects on economy

  Inquirer

  MANILA, Philippines--Tension between the Philippines and China over Scarborough Shoal might have ';modest effects'; only on the Philippine economy, new Socioeconomic Planning Secretary ...

• Albay gov renews call for boycott of China products

  Inquirer

  Albay Governor Joey Salceda. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines--Albay Governor Joey Salceda renewed his call for a boycott of made-in-China products to send a strong signal that ...

• China treats detainees ‘like animals’:..

  The Korea Times

  By Kim Young-jin Depravation, intimidation and no access to law or counsel: Beginning to sound like North Korea's notorious prison system? In fact, these are the conditions that often ...

• China wants financial innovation

  SINA

  Faced with an unavoidable slowdown in the real economy, Chinese officials are shifting their attention to the lackluster domestic capital market, saying the country wants financial innovation to get ...

• China Q1 gold demand hits record

  Trade Arabia

  China's gold demand hit a record high in the first quarter on investor worries over inflation and property market curbs, the World Gold Council said on Thursday, bucking a lower trend in global ...

• China's gold demand gains 10% in Q1

  MENAFN

  (MENAFN) The World Gold Council (WGC) stated that during the first quarter, China's gold consumer demand rose 10 percent on the year to 255.2 tons, due to investor worries over high inflation ...

• On Entering The China Market, The Future Of Retail And The Growing Importance of Bloggers

  Forbes

  The second day of talks at the Asia Fashion Summit in Singapore touched on several important topics, from the best social networking tools to doing business in China, from how Asians perceived ...

• China trade deal 'huge opportunity' for UK pig producers

  Farmers Guardian

  THE UK pig industry could benefit to the tune of 100 million over the next two years, following the expected opening up of the lucrative Chinese export market this week. A UK delegation, led by ...

• Death and justice in south China

  The Globe and Mail

  This much is known: last Thursday, at the start of business hours in Qiaojia county, in the remote northeastern corner of China’s Yunnan province, someone walked to the front door of a local ...

• Rising Incomes Will Push Gold Demand in China to Overdrive India’s

  IBTimes

  's gold demand this year may likely rise by as much as 30 per cent, spurred by rising incomes of a populace that seem to get richer every day. On the one hand, appetite for the yellow metal ...

• China Mobile in talks with Apple

  BBC

  The world's biggest mobile phone network, China Mobile, could soon offer its customers the Apple iPhone. The Chinese carrier's chairman has confirmed the two firms are in talks. ...

• China's state-owned firms post drop in profit

  Times of India

  world's second-biggest economy continued to slow. The pace of expansion in industrial production weakened sharply in April and fixed asset investment - a key driver of the economy - hit its ...

• Gazprom and CNPC discuss oil and gas supplies to China

  Neftegaz

  Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Jiang Jiemin, Chairman of ...

• Canada beat China in basketball friendly

  SINA

  Zhao Shuang (R) of Chinese Women's National Basketball team vies with Alisha Tatham of Canada's Women's National Basketball team during a friendly match in Langley, Canada, May 16, ...

• Activist: China to have passports ready in 2 weeks

  The Miami Herald

  FILE - In this file photo taken Wednesday, May 2, 2012. and released by the U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind activist Chen Guangcheng, center, holds hands with U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary ...

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