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...
Asian stocks rise after US unemployment falls Springfield News-Sun | BANGKOK — Asian stock markets climbed Monday after U.S. unemployment fell to its lowest in three years, suggesting a stronger recovery in the world's No. 1 economy that could benefit the region's exporters. | Benchmark oil remained above $97 per barrel while the dollar rose against the euro ...
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...
China Weighs Sending Envoys to Syria Wall Street Journal By BRIAN SPEGELE | BEIJING—China said it is considering dispatching envoys to Syria to press for an end to violence there, as Beijing faces international criticism for blocking a United Nations Security Council resolution that targeted the Syri...
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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 ...
Russia, China justify veto as criticisms mount Zeenews Moscow/Beijing: As their UN Security Council veto on Syria invited bitter criticism, both Russia and China shot back today contending that the half-baked resolution would have only...
Thumbs down for London cabs China Daily Drivers of Englon TX4 cabs wait at the Hangzhou Foreign Tourism Taxi Company on Jan 31 to suspend their contracts in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Wang Haoxing / for China Daily | ...
China gripped by unusual cold spell China Daily A tourist braves strong wind in Beijing on Monday. A large part of the country will experience colder than usual weather in the coming days, meteorologists said. Wang Jing / China Daily | ...
Ex-Caltrans worker indicted on smuggling charges San Francisco Chronicle | A recently fired Caltrans engineer who worked on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge has been indicted in Colorado for allegedly attempting to export military computer equipment to China, according to court documents and a Caltrans official. | Philip Chaohui He, also known as Philip Hope, is to be arraigned Wednesday at a federal court in Denv...
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 ...
