The People's Republic of China is the most extensive country in East Asia and the third or fourth most extensive country in the world. With a population of over 1,300,000,000, it is the most populous country in the world.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) has led the PRC under a single-party system since the state's establishment in 1949. The PRC is involved in a dispute over the political status of Taiwan. The CPC's rival during the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang (KMT), fled to Taiwan and surrounding islands after its defeat in 1949, claiming legitimacy over China, Mongolia, and Tuva while it was the ruling power of the Republic of China (ROC). The term "Mainland China" is often used to denote the areas under PRC rule, but sometimes excludes its two Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong and Macau. Read More

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Passenger plane flies over a barbed wire fence
Airlines urge U.N. deal to avert carbon trade war

By Reuters UK

Global airlines called on Sunday for a U.N.-brokered deal to prevent a row over aviation emissions between China and the European Union spilling into a damaging trade war. (8:42 am)

MORE TOPICS: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN UNION, UNITED NATIONS, INDIA, CLIMATE CHANGE, CUBA

A passenger plane flies over a barbed wire fence as it approaches Sydney airport February 23, 2010.
Airlines Call for U.N. Deal to Avert Carbon Trade War

By Reuters

Global airlines on Sunday called for a deal brokered by a United Nations agency to avoid an impasse between China and the European Union over jet pollution spilling into a trade war. Airlines are being squeezed between conflicting laws, the head of the International Air Transport Association said. (3:52 am)

MORE TOPICS: AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION, EUROPEAN UNION, UNITED NATIONS

Turkmenistan's President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in Moscow in this March 24, 2009 file photo.
Turkmenistan Leader Appears Likely to Win Re-election, Easily

By Reuters

Turkmenistan votes on Sunday in a one-sided election certain to extend the rule of President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov over a Central Asian country holding 4 percent of global natural-gas reserves, which rights groups rank among the world's most repressive. (1:53 am)

MORE TOPICS: AFGHANISTAN, GOLD, HUMAN RIGHTS, FACEBOOK, ELECTIONS, INVESTMENT

Explosion kills 2 at Foxconn's iPad manufacturing plant in China [VIDEO]
Rotten Apple: Slave-labor Workers Overseen by Company Director Al Gore

By IBTimes

Is there anyone on the planet who hasn't read of the spate of suicides, worker deaths and accidents at the Chinese plants owned by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industries, better known as Foxconn?. (10:04 pm)

MORE TOPICS: STEVE JOBS, AL GORE, BARACK OBAMA, IPHONE, CALIFORNIA, MANUFACTURING

Jeremy Lin Inspired By 'Polarizing Figure' Tim Tebow
Jeremy Lin launches NBA "Linsanity" with meteoric rise with Knicks

By Reuters

His university classmates may be thriving in law school, at brokerage houses and on the early rungs up the corporate ladder, but Jeremy Lin is blazing a trail as the sudden savior of the New York Knicks. (7:51 pm)

MORE TOPICS: CALIFORNIA, COURT, NEW YORK, ASIAN AMERICANS, LAW SCHOOL, DENTAL

Weekly Fundamentals - Oil Dropped as IEA Lowered Demand Forecast

By Oil N'Gold

Oil prices slumped on Friday after the IEA downgraded its global oil demand from 2012 for a 6th consecutive month and the economic outlook is 'darkening'. The agency forecast that oil demand this year will reach 89.9M bpd, up +0.8M bpd from a year ago. (3:02 pm)

MORE TOPICS: OPEC

A mother holds her baby outside a children's hospital in central Beijing
China: Year of the Dragon Will Bring Baby Boom Despite One-Child Policy

By IBTimes

In the Year of the Dragon, China expects a 5 percent increase in births despite the country's strict one-child policy. This brings into question whether the one-child policy is still an effective population control tool. Or is the policy actually damaging Chinese society and economy?. (1:48 pm)

MORE TOPICS: UNITED NATIONS, ABORTION

A Google homepage is displayed on a Motorola Droid phone in Washington
EU Seen Approving Google's Motorola Deal: Sources

By Reuters

Google Inc (GOOG.O) is expected to win approval next week from European regulators, as well as from U.S. antitrust authorities, for its planned $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility (MMI.N), according to people familiar with the matter. (1:28 pm)

MORE TOPICS: GOOGLE INC., MICROSOFT, APPLE INC., SAMSUNG, ISRAEL, ORACLE

U.S. Defense Spending
Strengthen the United States: Cut Pentagon’s Budget 50%

By IBTimes

U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, including public goods, weakening the U.S. economy, and, by extension, weakening the nation. (1:20 pm)

MORE TOPICS: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, UNEMPLOYMENT, GERMANY, GDP, RUSSIA

The logo of Sina Corp's Chinese microblog website "Weibo" is seen on a screen in this photo illustration taken in Beijing
Kim Jong-Un: The Assassination That Never Happened

By IBTimes

From what I have seen, North Asian media has given the sensational rumors scant coverage. (10:59 am)

MORE TOPICS: TWITTER, SOUTH KOREA, NEW YORK, INVESTMENT

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