SINGAPORE - Oil prices sunk further in Asian trade on Thursday, falling below 46 dollars a barrel at multi-year lows in a market dominated by declining demand and dismal economic news, analysts said. New York’s main futures contract, light sweet ...
3 Dec 2008
International and domestic flights out of the Thai capital have begun flying out up to 350,000 stranded tourists. Anti-government protesters in Thailand ended their blockade of Bangkok's two main airports on Wednesday morning following a week-long ...
3 Dec 2008
BEIJING (AP) - A fire at the dormitory of a seafood company Thursday killed 11 workers and injured 10 others in eastern China, an official said. More than 80 firefighters and 10 fire engines rushed to put out the fire at the dormitory building of ...
3 Dec 2008
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3 Dec 2008
BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, at the beginning two days of economic talks with top Chinese officials, praised China on Thursday for its help in trying to tamp down global economic turbulence. "International ...
3 Dec 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Eleven Chinese workers were killed by a fire in their company dormitory on Thursday near the coastal city of Qingdao, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Ten were injured, it said. An investigation at the food-processing company ...
3 Dec 2008
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The European Commission said it will ban Chinese imports of food for infants and young children containing soya after high levels of melamine were found in soy bean meal shipped from the country.
3 Dec 2008
ORGANIZERS of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games expressed confidence that the facilities for the games will be completed way ahead of the biennial meet, thanks in large part to the substantial financial package provided by the Chinese government.
3 Dec 2008
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said his nation wants its assets in the U.S. to be protected amid the global economic turmoil.
3 Dec 2008
A 51-year-old Chinese tourist has died on the Gold Coast.
3 Dec 2008
The European Commission said an industrial chemical, melamine, was found in Chinese soybean meal.
3 Dec 2008
The European Commission bans imports of Chinese soya-based food products intended to be eaten by young children.
3 Dec 2008
Apple this week has won a trademark infringement lawsuit against a Chinese electronics company. New Apple Concept Digital Technology Co. was ordered to pay 400000 yuan (~$58000 USD), completing a battle between the two companies that ...
3 Dec 2008
Plans call for four onshore wind farms totalling 720MW capacity to be developed with China National Offshore Oil and Sinohydro.
3 Dec 2008
I just read an incredible interview of Gao Xiqing (高西庆) by James Fallows in the Atlantic entitled Be Nice To The Countries That Lend You Money. Gao is.
3 Dec 2008
No folks, ‘Chinese Democracy’ is a fuck-up because considering all of the self-indulgence and over-indulgence and all of the hype that went into it, it was greeted predominately with a yawn from the general public. ...
3 Dec 2008
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3 Dec 2008
Here's a cool Chinese pottery-inspired mouse from Hong Kong-based design store Goods of Desire, in partnership with Microsoft. It reminds me of the bowls my grandparents used while I was growing up. [via Boing Boing]...
3 Dec 2008