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Chinese protest factory even after official pledge
After three days of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented and agreed that a petrochemical ...
Asia stocks post modest gains ahead of BOJ meeting
Asian stock markets posted modest advances Monday, with traders widely expecting the Bank of Japan to announce new measures to help the country break ...
$3M fees for Woods, McIlroy at China exhibition
Tiger Woods is expected to get a $2 million appearance fee and Rory McIlroy $1 million for their one-day exhibition match Monday in Zhengzhou, China.
Halftime report: Is fear of a weak 3Q overblown?
It's halftime for the season of corporate earnings reports, and investors are in desperate need of a locker-room pep talk. Before Alcoa reported its ...
Tensions mount as police grab protesters in China
Thousands of protesters marched through an eastern Chinese city on Sunday, shouting for fellow citizens to join them in demanding that the government ...
Outspoken China officers a challenge to the party
China's government has demanded talks with Japan in their latest dust-up over a set of tiny islands, but a high-ranking Chinese military officer has ...
2 Tibetan cousins set themselves on fire in China
Two Tibetan cousins set fire to themselves in their village to protest Chinese rule, bringing the total number of self-immolations this week to seven, ...
Analysis: Asia a big focus for next US president
Changes could be in store for U.S.-Asian relations, but that has little to do with the presidential race. Lost in the backbiting between President ...
China: 5th Tibetan in week sets self on fire, dies
A 23-year-old man has become the fifth Tibetan in a week to set himself on fire and die in a county in far western China to protest against Chinese ...
China expels Bo from legislature, set for trial
Chinese lawmakers have stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his last official position, formally expelling him from the country's top legislature ...
Study: Flood of money leaving China
Chinese investors evaded government controls to move more than $600 billion out of the country last year and the outflow is increasing, fueling ...
China wants to stop profiteering at temple sites
China is telling tourist-favored Buddhist temples: Don't let money be your mantra. Authorities announced a ban this week on temples selling shares to ...
Toyota widens global sales lead over GM
Toyota has widened its global sales lead over General Motors after bouncing back from a series of natural disasters. The company said Friday it sold 7
US growth figures give only temporary market boost
Strong U.S. economic growth figures shored up financial markets only temporarily on Friday, with Wall Street trading lower and European indexes ...
HTC seeks to reverse sliding smartphone sales
Taiwan's HTC Corp. enjoyed three golden years as the first company to make smartphones based on Google's Android software. Now, it is struggling to ...
China passes law to curb abuse of mental hospitals
China's legislature on Friday passed a long-awaited mental health law that aims to prevent people from being involuntarily held and unnecessarily ...
Toyota global vehicle sales up 28 pct in Jan-Sept
Toyota sold 7.4 million vehicles around the world in the first nine months of the year, up 28 percent from a year earlier, but its strong growth faces ...
Asia stocks fall on weaker US housing data
Asian stock markets fell Friday after the latest data on U.S. housing dimmed hopes of improvement in an industry that is crucial to recovery in the ...
Bank of China quarterly profit up 17 percent
Bank of China Ltd., one of the country's four main state-owned banks, says its quarterly profit rose 17 percent despite an economic slowdown and ...
Philippines rolls out welcome mat for US warship
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike force's visit to Manila is the latest show of American military might partly aimed at countering China's grip in ...
Ai Weiwei goes 'Gangnam Style' with handcuffs
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is the latest to go "Gangnam Style" — but in a trademark act of irreverence, he's thrown in a pair of handcuffs and ...
Strikes dent Hyundai Motor's 3Q profit
Hyundai Motor Co. suffered a fall in third-quarter profit from the previous quarter after strikes dented vehicle production, but its stock jumped ...
China rare earths producer suspends output
China's biggest rare earths producer has suspended production in an effort to shore up plunging prices of the materials used by makers of mobile ...
Asia stocks rise on continued optimism over China
Asian stock markets mostly rose Thursday as investors kept their sights on a possible improvement in China's economy. A key survey of Chinese ...
China ends nuke plant ban set after Japan disaster
China has decided to approve new nuclear power plants as part of plans to reduce reliance on oil and coal, ending the moratorium it imposed to review ...