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Visiting Chinese PM vows to build trust with India

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged Monday to build trust with India and declared that ties between the Asian giants were key to world peace as he visited New Delhi only weeks [...]
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EU, China have ‘much to lose’ in case of trade war

EU, China have ‘much to lose’ in case of trade war

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

The latest tit-for-tat EU-China trade disputes could signal worse to come but both sides have a lot to lose if things get out of hand and harm the much-needed economic growth [...]
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China police billions spell profit opportunity

China police billions spell profit opportunity

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and “anti-terrorism technology” trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from [...]
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Fiji turns to Russia, China amid strained regional ties

Fiji turns to Russia, China amid strained regional ties

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

Fiji’s military ruler said on Sunday he would meet Beijing’s leaders in China this month, a week after unveiling an official trip to Russia, as he looks beyond [...]
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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager – washing his clothes, bringing meals to his bed, and keeping him [...]
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Three new suicides at Apple supplier’s China factory

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said on Saturday. All three jumped to their deaths at a [...]
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China ‘will not accept’ carbon tax on EU flights: report

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight [...]
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China does not restrict artistic freedom

21-May-2013 Intellasia | Guardian.co.uk | 6:00 AM

The accusation that China “restricts” press and artistic freedom (Letters, 3 May) is untrue and unacceptable. The constitution of the People’s Republic of [...]
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China Property Gains Defy government Plans

21-May-2013 Intellasia | Wall Street Journal | 6:00 AM

Surging credit has kept China’s real estate-sector humming despite a renewed attempt by the government to bring prices under control, supporting short-term economic [...]
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South China Sea dispute: Taiwan flexes its muscles

21-May-2013 Intellasia | Guardian.co.uk | 6:00 AM

It started with a common enough skirmish in the hotly disputed waters of the South China Sea. Ten days ago, a Philippine coast guard ship went too far in chasing off a [...]
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China Home-Price Gains Signal Growth Challenge for Li: Economy

21-May-2013 Intellasia | Bloomberg | 6:00 AM

China’s new-home prices rose last month in 68 of 70 cities tracked by the government, indicating Premier Li Keqiang will need to maintain efforts to cool the property [...]
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Despite curbs, China’s vast hot money triangle flourishes

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

In an underground mall just a stone’s throw from China’s teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though [...]
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China seeks release of fishing boat seized by N Korea

21-May-2013 Intellasia | AFP | 6:00 AM

North Korean forces have seized a Chinese fishing boat, Chinese officials told state-run news agency Xinhua late on Sunday, creating a potential new irritant in ties between [...]
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Stronger Yuan Makes Life Harder For Chinese Exporters

21-May-2013 Intellasia | Forbes | 6:00 AM

For China’s currency, the yuan, there is no turning back. This currency is gaining on the dollar each year. The government wants to make it a fully convertible, [...]
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On fleeting HK trips, Chinese make frugal fashionable

21-May-2013 Intellasia | Reuters | 6:00 AM

Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong [...]
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