Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state The Star | KHARTOUM/BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers on Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting insurgents, Sudan's foreign ministry said. | The incident had been an embarrassment for the Sudanes...
China drives growth for KFC owner Yum BBC News The company that owns the KFC fast food chain has again reported solid growth figures fuelled by demand in China. | Yum! Brands has reported better-than-expected profits for the fourth quarter of 2011, jumping 30% from the same period last year. | Net income for the three months ending in December w...
Kidnaps highlight urgent task for China Asia Times | Feb 8, 2012 | Kidnaps highlight urgent task for China | By Mathieu Duchatel and Bates Gill | The dramatic rise in overseas travel and expatriate work by Chinese was punctuated by the recent kidnappings of Chinese workers in...
Beijing finds vulnerable ally in Berlin Asia Times | Feb 8, 2012 | Beijing finds vulnerable ally in Berlin | By Jian Junbo | LONDON - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's two-day visit to China last week came amid significant advances in cooperation, despite differences on issue...
Chinese boost illegal ivory trade Asia Times | Feb 8, 2012 | Chinese boost illegal ivory trade | By Cam McGrath | CAIRO - The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity and Chi...
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China morning round-up: Wen Jiabao on 'rural democracy' BBC News On Lantern Festival day, most newspapers in China focus on the latest comments by Premier Wen Jiabao. | Mr Wen pledged "unwavering support for reform" and called for better laws to...
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive' Al Jazeera | The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at endi...
China is the world’s top travel destinations The Examiner | Sahit Muja: China its the world’s top travel destinations Everyone is talking about China' economy, so why not talking about tourism. China has ...
All the news fit to collect China Daily Yang Yanchao, a civil servant in Hebei province, holds a yellowed newspaper published in 1901, one of the more than 250,000 newspapers in his collection. Zhai Yujia / for China Daily | ...
Clear need to answer questions after pollution China Daily A villager checks stocks in his fish farm in Yizhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Wednesday. Cadmium leaked from a factory into the Longjiang River where his fish farm is located. Jiang Dong / China Daily | ...
Gold holds below $1,720/oz, all eyes on Greece The Guardian * Euro, stocks, commodities come under pressure * Greek debt talks eyed after overnight session * Platinum set to take support from supply issues (Updates throughout, changes dateline, pvs SINGAPORE) By Jan Harvey LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Gold held steady near $1,720 an ounce on Tuesday, awaiting a breakthrough on talks over a second bailout deal ...
Obama administration closes US embassy in Damascus, pulls American diplomats out of Syria Star Tribune | WASHINGTON - The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped up pressure on President Bashar Assad to leave power. | Robert Ford, the American ambassador, and 17 other U.S. officials left Syria and were expected to travel back to the United ...
