China frustration with NKorea offers hope for US
China's growing frustration with longtime ally North Korea offers the United States a glimmer of hope about a once unthinkable prospect: holding ...
Ghana detains 124 Chinese for illegal gold mining
Police in Ghana have detained 124 Chinese workers suspected of illegally mining gold in the resource-rich West African country, the Chinese Embassy ...
China's top butcher tries to sell US on takeover
At an age when most Chinese executives are long retired, the country's top hog butcher is taking on a daunting new job persuading Americans to allow ...
Asia stocks fall after US data disappoints
Asian stock markets extended losses Thursday after weak U.S. indicators sparked fears of a slowdown in the world's biggest economy. Trading in many ...
Activist: Repatriated NKoreans from its underclass
Before they were detained in Laos and sent home, a group of young North Korean defectors smiled and teased each other as they told an activist how ...
Bach proposes changes to Olympic sports process
IOC presidential candidate Thomas Bach is calling for "flexibility" in determining which sports are in the Olympics and proposing a review of the host ...
China slams EU solar duties, launches wine probe
China announced a trade investigation of European wine Wednesday after the European Union hit Chinese exporters of solar panels with anti-dumping ...
APNewsBreak: Chinese-American released from China
Just ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Chinese presidents, a Chinese-American scientist was allowed to leave China after being kept there for five ...
Former dot.com star wants entrepreneurial Japan
Takafumi Horie, the Japanese dot.com celebrity imprisoned for nearly two years on securities fraud charges, is cooking up dozens of ventures and ...
Japan PM outlines reform strategy for economy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined Wednesday a sweeping blueprint for rejuvenating Japan's ailing economy, calling for reforms to bring more women ...
Asia stocks fall as focus stays on Fed's next step
Asian stock markets fell Wednesday as signs the U.S. Federal Reserve might scale back its super-loose monetary policy caused investors to trim equity ...
EU slaps levies on Chinese solar panel imports
The European Union says it will impose anti-dumping levies on imports of Chinese solar panels, in a move that could trigger a trade war between two ...
Locked doors a sign of China work-safety failings
A fire breaks out in a Chinese factory, and panicked workers discover one exit after another is locked. That describes not only the poultry plant fire ...
Ex-Beijing mayor and backer of 1989 crackdown dies
Chen Xitong, who as Beijing's mayor backed the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democratic movement but later expressed regret for the loss ...
Japan 1st team to qualify for 2014 World Cup
Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, tying Australia 1-1 Tuesday night on Keisuke Honda's penalty kick in the first minute ...
HK holds June 4 vigil as it bristles at Beijing
Every year, Hong Kong residents gather in droves for the annual vigil to commemorate the Tiananmen democracy protests. More than marking the brutal ...
Silicon Valley at front line of global cyber war
Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's ...
Asia stocks up slightly on Fed hopes
Asian stock markets recovered modestly Tuesday, after negative economic news out of the U.S. was neutralized by the belief among many investors that ...
Fire, locked doors kill 119 at China poultry plant
A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least ...
China approves Penguin-Random House merger
Two of the world's largest publishers, Random House Inc. and Penguin Group, expect to complete a planned merger next month. Parent companies ...
Oil rebounds to near $93 in European trade
The price of oil rebounded to near $93 a barrel on Monday amid signs of an economic improvement in Europe at the start of what could be a pivotal week ...
Chinese activists call on people to wear black
Activists in China are taking to social media to urge the public to wear black on the 24th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on protesters ...
South Korea's president to make state visit to UK
Buckingham Palace says South Korean President Park Geun-hye will make a state visit to the U.K. later this year. The palace said Monday that Park, ...
Taiwan makers showcase computers at Computex
Taiwan's struggling PC makers are unveiling a new generation of ultra-thin laptops at the world's second-biggest computer show this week, even as they ...
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