China leader-in-waiting Xi woos and warns US Khaleej Times WASHINGTON - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Wednesday offered deeper cooperation with the United States on trade and security, citing Iran and North Korea, but called on Washington to heed Beijing's demands on contentious 'core interests' such as Tibet. | Xi, who is almost sure to become Ch...
Birthday turns into memorial for NKorean leader The Guardian | JEAN H. LEE | Associated Press= PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Two months after the death of Kim Jong Il, North Koreans commemorated what would have been his 70th birthday Thursday with the flowers that bear his name, praising the longtime leader as a powerful but benevolent father figure while p...
Japan economy picking up, consumer spending firm Yahoo Daily News | TOKYO (Reuters) - The government stuck to its assessment that Japan's economy is slowly picking up on Thursday and raised its view on consumer spending for the first time in six months, after a resumption of subsidies for fuel-efficient cars booste...
Ecstatic Taiwanese claim Knicks' Lin as their own US News | By ANNIE HUANG, Associated Press | TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With only a handful of foreign embassies, and a political leadership forced into international invisibility, it's not surprising that the 23 million people of Taiwan feel their island h...
Ecstatic Taiwanese claim Knicks' Lin as their own Fox News | Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet | TAIPEI, Taiwan – With only a handful of foreign embassies, and a political leadership forced into international invisibility, it's not surprising that Taiwan's 23 ...
Ecstatic Taiwanese claim Knicks' Lin as their own The Tribune San Luis Obispo | With only a handful of foreign embassies, and a political leadership forced into international invisibility, it's not surprising that the 23 million people of Taiwan feel their island home doesn't always get the respect it deserves. | Perhaps that'...
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Obama friendly but firm with China’s Xi Jinping Zeenews Washington: US President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play by the same trade rules as other major world powers and vowed to k...
No sweet Apple(s) with Foxconn probe Independent online San Francisco - Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Tuesday that ensuring safe working conditions at plants making its coveted gadgets is a priority, as an audit of a key suppli...
World stock markets rise as Japan exporters surge Springfield News-Sun | BANGKOK — World stock markets rose Wednesday after Greece indicated a willingness to commit to spending cuts to secure its bailout and moves by Japan's central bank to supp...
Reports: More Chinese cities seize iPads The Miami Herald | BEIJING -- Authorities have seized iPads from retailers in more Chinese cities in an escalating dispute between Apple Inc. and a struggling local company over the trademark for the popular tablet computer, news reports said Thursday. | The Chinese ...
Former Olympus executives, bankers arrested News24 Tokyo - Four months after one of Japan's biggest corporate scandals, police and prosecutors on Thursday arrested seven men, including a former Olympus Corp president and ex-bankers, over their role in a $1.7bn accounting fraud at the medical equipmen...
Hoy battle holds no fears for Crampton after bruising keirin encounter in Japan The Daily Mail | Challenging times: Matt Crampton | European champion Matt Crampton believes his time on the bruising Japanese keirin circuit can help him beat Sir Chris Hoy to a place on Great Britain's Olympic team. | Crampton has spent time racing in Japan since...
Samsung: LCD Business May Be Spun Off Huffington Post | By Miyoung Kim | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said on Wednesday it was considering spinning off its loss-making LCD flat-screen business in a surprise move as it seeks to orient its components business towards OLED displays, touted as the next-generation technology that will replace LCD TVs. | The LCD industry has been mired in a slum...
China to keep investing in eurozone debt Zeenews Beijing: China will continue to invest in eurozone government debt, the country's central bank governor said on Wednesday, while calling on Europeans to produce more attractive investment products for China. | Zhou Xiaochuan admitted that China and other emerging nations like Brazil, Russia or India were waiting for the right time to help the bloc,...
