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 ...
World bodies say global food prices to rise
Rising global food demand will push up prices 10 to 40 percent over the coming decade and governments need to boost investment to increase farm ...
Nicaragua: Chinese company to get canal concession
A concession to build a canal across Nicaragua linking the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea will be awarded to a Chinese company, the National Assembly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Obama, Xi to talk cybersecurity, other issues
Alleged high-tech spying from inside China will top the agenda when President Barack Obama sits down this weekend in California with Chinese President ...
Official describes rampant computer hacking at VA
At least eight foreign-sponsored organizations, mostly connected to the Chinese military, have hacked into computer networks at the Veterans Affairs ...
US extends Iran sanctions relief to China
The Obama administration will extend six-month sanctions exemptions to China, India and seven other countries for significantly reducing oil imports ...
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 ...
Chinese ex-provincial leader in anti-graft probe
The corruption watchdog inside China's Communist Party is investigating a former provincial vice governor, making him the latest senior official to ...
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 ...
Cybersecurity tops Obama's agenda for China talks
President Barack Obama will be looking for signs from China's leader at their upcoming meeting that Beijing is ready to address its reported high-tech ...
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 ...
Survey finds China manufacturing shrank in May
China's manufacturing shrank slightly last month, a report said Monday, adding to signs of an uncertain recovery in the world's second-biggest economy
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 ...
Chinese against sex abuse: Sleep with me, not kids
Suddenly all kinds of people in China are offering to sleep with the headmaster. The unusual outpouring is in response to a recent spate of sex abuse ...
Asia stock markets fall on Fed uncertainty
Uncertainty about the U.S. Federal Reserve's next course of action and a sharp, sudden plunge on Wall Street sent Asian stock markets lower Monday.
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