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New BRICS-supported bank approves first set of loans
Apr 16, 2016 (AFP)
A new multilateral lender set up by the BRICS nations has approved its first set of loans valued at $811 million for renewable energy projects in four of its me...
Australia to grant 10-year visas for Chinese
Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)
Australia is granting 10-year visas to some Chinese nationals, its prime minister said on Thursday, seeking to boost visits to a country that already attracted ...
Aerospace, defense sector largest contributor to U.S. exports
Apr 14, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. aerospace and defense sector's gross exports increased by $5 billion in 2015 and are expected to rise this year, according to a Deloitte report. The re...
China exports rise for first time in nine months
Apr 13, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese exports surged in March, the first gain in nine months and the latest positive data out of the world's number two economy, but analysts warned Wednesday...
Israel received Saudi pledge over strategic Red Sea strait
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Israel received pledges that Egypt's move to give Saudi Arabia strategic Red Sea islands would not affect the freedom of passage of its ships, media quoted Defe...
Sri Lanka hopes to raise $1 bn in Chinese bonds
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Sri Lanka will start issuing bonds in China in the coming months in a bid to raise up to $1 billion, the central bank governor said Tuesday, as the country face...
Europe 'negligent' over Chinese steel dumping: US boss
Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)
The head of US Steel has accused Britain and the wider European Union of negligence over China dumping cheep steel on world markets. "The Europeans have been mo...
Britain urges China to cut steel production
Apr 09, 2016 (AFP)
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Saturday urged China to reduce its steel production levels as the UK grapples with an industry crisis that could see...
Malaysia extends ban on bauxite mining: report
Apr 08, 2016 (AFP)
Malaysia is extending its ban on bauxite mining from mid-April amid concerns over contamination, media reports said Friday. The government in mid-January had in...
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka looks to restructure $8 bn China debt
Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's prime minister will seek to restructure some of the cash-strapped island's $8 billion Chinese debt, Colombo said Thursday, as he met his Chinese cou...
Tiny Djibouti thinks big with China-backed infrastructure splurge
Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)
The tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, which votes Friday in presidential elections, is hitching its wagon to the star of neighbouring Ethiopia with a seri...
Clinton tells workers she'll stand up to cheating China
Apr 06, 2016 (AFP)
A day after losing Wisconsin, White House hopeful Hillary Clinton unleashed a blistering critique of China while campaigning Wednesday in blue-collar Pennsylvan...
'Powerful force' behind Panama Papers: China media
Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)
Hostile Western forces are behind the "Panama Papers", a state-run Chinese newspaper alleged Tuesday, as media avoided reporting revelations about Communist lea...
China's HBIS to acquire Serbia steel plant
Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)
Serbia on Tuesday accepted an offer to sell the country's sole steel mill, and its largest exporter, to China's HBIS, the world's third-biggest steel producer, ...
Chinese 'parachute kids' flock to US schools
Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)
Growing up in mainland China, Hailun "Helen" Zhou always knew that she would finish her high school education in America, whatever the cost. "That's what everyb...
Airbus warns against Brexit in letter to UK workers
Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)
European aerospace giant Airbus on Monday wrote to its British workforce to warn against the nation's possible departure from the EU, less than three months bef...
Amazon makes foray into fashion world
Apr 02, 2016 (AFP)
Amazon has been making moves over the past few months to position itself as a force in the ready-to-wear fashion world. The Seattle-based online retail titan ha...
UK govt accused of prioritising China ties over steel jobs
Apr 01, 2016 (AFP)
Is a new special relationship threatening an old staple of British industry? Prime Minister David Cameron's government faced damaging claims Friday that its pus...
Silk Road snaked farther south than previously thought
Apr 01, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers have identified silk and dyes from China and India among ancient textiles recovered from dig sites in the Nepalese Himalayas. The materials have bee...
China's Midea buys 80% of Toshiba's home appliances arm
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
China's Midea Group will buy a little more than 80 percent of loss-making Japanese conglomerate Toshiba's home appliances arm for $473 million, the two companie...
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