Thai nomad theatres strive to preserve ancient art They eat, sleep and raise their children beneath the stage floorboards and when dusk falls Thailand's travelling theatres come to life with ornate costumes, colourful face paint and high-pitched Chinese opera.
09 September 2013
China, Kazakhstan eye deals worth $30 blnKazakhstan and China plan to sign 22 agreements worth around $30 billion, including in the key energy sector, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Saturday after talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
09 September 2013
Apple poised to ship iPhones to China Mobile: report China's biggest mobile carrier looks set to sell Apple's iPhone, hugely increasing the California-based company's distribution in the world's largest smartphone market.
08 September 2013
Nepal's smugglers cash in on India's love of goldAfter a long drive from across the border in China, the white truck arrived in Nepal's capital at dawn with a seemingly innocuous cargo of Chinese-made clothes.
Kazakhstan and China agree on construction of an oil refineryAt the sitting of the Kazakh-Chinese Business Council the two sides signed contracts worth over $22 billion, according to Umirzak Shukeev, Head of Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund.
IMF warns G20 of slowing emerging economiesThe International Monetary Fund warned the Group of 20 Wednesday that emerging economies were slowing more than expected and under pressure from US plans to slow its stimulus.
Diabetes rises in China, reaching 'alert' levelAlmost 12 percent of adults in China had diabetes in 2010, with economic prosperity driving the disease to slightly higher proportions than in the United States.
China's Xi visits Central Asia ahead of G20China's President Xi Jinping headed to Central Asia on Tuesday ahead of a G20 summit, state-run media reported, in visits expected to see energy deals and talks on slowing growth.
03 September 2013
Merkel hits out at Russia, China over Syria stance German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Russia and China over their stance in the Syrian crisis, saying in an interview published Saturday that their action weakened the United Nations.
Quake near China's Shangri-La kills one, injures others An earthquake hit a remote mountainous part of southwest China on Saturday near the popular tourist area of Shangri-La, triggering landslides that killed at least one person.
31 August 2013
Mexico ships first load of premium tequila to China Mexico on Friday sent its first shipment of 100 percent blue agave tequila to China, hoping to finally break into what sellers say could soon be their second biggest market.