Oscar red carpet heats up as stars arrive
Hollywood's biggest fashion parade, the red carpet outside the Oscars, began heating up on Sunday afternoon ahead of the world's top film awards where silent movie The Artist is widely seen as the...
Fate of Maldives president unclear as police mutiny
Confusion reigned over the status of the Maldivian president on Tuesday after opposition protests boiled over with a police mutiny and some diplomats said he had resigned, but a source close to the...
China Bars its Airlines from EU Emissions Scheme
China on Monday barred its airlines from a European scheme to reduce carbon emissions, hardening its stance a week before a summit at which the European Union will seek Chinese help to ease its...
Protesters over Syria Stone Chinese Embassy in Libya
Syrian and Libyan demonstrators hurled rocks, eggs and tomatoes at the Chinese embassy in Tripoli on Monday, after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution backing an Arab plan...
No Way China can Sustain its Growth with 'God-Awful' 1-Child Policy: Biden
Vice President Joe Biden warned on Monday that there is no way that China will be able to sustain its current level of economic growth because of what he called its God-awful one-child policy.
Russia, China lose credit in Arab world: League chief
The Arab League chief said on Monday that Russia and China had lost diplomatic credit in the Arab world by vetoing a U.N. resolution on Syria and may have sent a message to Damascus that it had a...
China says Wall Street protests cause for reflection
China's Foreign Ministry said Monday global protests sparked by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States were a cause for reflection, but the reflection should be focused on ensuring...
Hit and run in China sparks soul-searching
Video footage of a two-year-old child run over by a van and ignored by passersby in China has ignited public uproar for what some are calling the immorality of modern society.
China watches nervously as Taiwan election nears
China is steeling itself for another presidential election in rambunctiously democratic Taiwan, hoping a victory for the ruling Nationalists enables even better ties but also girding for an...
China launches lobbying push on currency bill
China has launched an intense lobbying effort in Washington to kill legislation that would punish it for its currency system, in the latest display of its more sophisticated approach to influence U...
China Gaining Upper Hand in Friendship with Russia
China is gaining the upper hand in its much vaunted friendship with Russia due to Beijing's shift away from relying on Moscow for advanced weapons and deep problems with energy cooperation, a...
Shanghai subway trains collide injuring more than 270
Two subway trains collided in Shanghai on Tuesday injuring more than 270 passengers, 20 critically, prompting public anger two months after a crash between two high-speed trains and renewing...
China's Jiangxi to charge higher power price on energy-guzzlers
The local government in central China's Jiangxi province will tighten curbs on energy-guzzlers by charging higher electricity prices, amid a national drive for energy-saving and energy efficiency...
Gamesa to sell 200 MW of turbines to China's Huadian
Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa said on Tuesday it has signed a deal to sell and install 200 megawatts of wind turbines for China's Huadian New Energy Development by 2012.
Foxconn says fire at China Shandong plant extinguished
A fire on Tuesday at a plant belonging to Apple components maker Foxconn Group in Shandong, eastern China has been put out and there were no casualties or impact on operations, a spokesman for...
China's Renren acquires online video site 56.com
Chinese social networking site Renren Inc said it would acquire online video sharing site 56.com for $80 million.
China Yanzhou to buy coal firms from Australia's Wesfarmers
China's Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd has agreed to buy two coal companies from Australia's Wesfarmers Ltd for A$296.8 million ($288.5 million), Yanzhou Coal said in a statement on Tuesday.
Foxconn says fire at China plant extinguished
A fire at a plant belonging to Apple Inc supplier Foxconn Group in Shandong, eastern China, has been extinguished without casualties and there will be no impact on operations, said a spokesman for...
Japan's Kobe Steel mulls sheet plant in China
Kobe Steel Ltd , Japan's No.4 steelmaker, said on Tuesday it was in talks with China's Anshan Iron and Steel Group to jointly build a plant for high-strength automotive steel sheets in China, in a...
NZ's Fletcher Building to build new plant in China
Fletcher Building Limited today announced that it will establish a new laminates plant to be built in China by its Formica business.