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US wants China 'to do well', Obama says in announcing visa deal
President Barack Obama announced a deal to extend visas for Chinese visitors to the United States for up to a decade.
10 November 2014
Rising China, geopolitical tensions take stage at APEC
World leaders including Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin converge on Beijing for an Asia-Pacific summit against the backdrop of a US-Russian chil.
10 November 2014
Twitter to set up shop in Hong Kong
Twitter plans to set up shop in Hong Kong early next year, focusing on ad sales instead of the one-to-many messaging service banned in China.
08 November 2014
Obama doing 'insipid job', China paper says ahead of visit
China's state-run media decried Barack Obama as a banal leader who has done an "insipid job", days ahead of a visit by the US president.
05 November 2014
APEC leaders meet amid rival trade proposals, tensions
Leaders of more than half the world's economy gather in Beijing next week for the annual APEC forum.
05 November 2014
British banker in court over grisly Hong Kong double murder
A British banker appeared in a Hong Kong court charged with the grisly murder of two women whose bodies were found in his upmarket apartment.
03 November 2014
For Hong Kong youngsters, protests bring taste of freedom
A month on the streets has given young Hong Kong democracy protesters a taste of life outside the city's cramped shoebox apartments.
31 October 2014
China punishes HK lawmaker for criticising leader
A senior Hong Kong lawmaker was expelled from a prestigious Chinese government body.
30 October 2014
Hong Kong activists mark one month of 'Umbrella Movement'
Hong Kong democracy activists marked one month of mass protests, calling on supporters to gather for an evening rally wearing the masks.
28 October 2014
China’s investors interested in constructing airport for Kinderly resort
Foreign consultants estimate the potential inflow of tourists to Kinderly at 640 000 people by 2020.
27 October 2014
Hong Kong protests in disarray as vote on next move scrapped
Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests abruptly postponed a vote on their next steps due to differing opinions about how to move the month-long campaign forward.
27 October 2014
Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement gets computer game makeover
"Yellow Umbrella" has been downloaded more than 40,000 times from Google Play's store since its release.
25 October 2014
Peugeot says sales edge ahead in long haul out of crisis
Peugeot Citroen said sales in China surged by almost half in the third quarter, keeping the French auto group on the road to meet annual targets under its turnaround plan.
23 October 2014
Kazakhstan's chemical industry eyeing investors from China, Korea and Europe
Kazakhstan's south is launching a special economic zone for chemical projects.
22 October 2014
APEC finance chiefs meet as global worries persist
The global economic recovery is beset by "downside risks", a day after growth in the world's second-largest economy hit a five-year low.
22 October 2014
Yahoo profit surges on Alibaba divestment, mobile
Yahoo said its quarterly profit surged with its sale of shares in Chinese Internet powerhouse Alibaba.
22 October 2014
Apple sees iCloud attacks; China hack reported
Apple said its iCloud server has been the target of "intermittent" attacks, after a security blog said Chinese authorities had been trying to hack into the system.
22 October 2014
Philips blames Russia, China slowdowns for plunge into loss
Dutch electronics giant Philips posted a 103-million-euro net loss on third-quarter earnings, blaming a patent lawsuit and ever-slowing markets in China and Russia.
20 October 2014
'Foreign forces' at work in Hong Kong protests, says leader
Hong Kong's embattled leader said "foreign forces" were at work in the pro-democracy movement that has paralysed parts of the city.
20 October 2014
Kazakhstan wants 2/3 of 2022 Olympics costs to be funded by investors
Vice-Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan said that Kazakhstan was planning to use a mixed model of financial management should it be granted the right to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2022.
19 October 2014