China dismisses US spy charges as fabrication
AFP - 5 minutes agoBeijing said Monday that a Chinese-born former Boeing engineer convicted by a US court of spying for China had been set up, and insisted it had no links to the espionage case.
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Beijing said Monday that a Chinese-born former Boeing engineer convicted by a US court of spying for China had been set up, and insisted it had no links to the espionage case.
More than 37 years ago, Richard Nixon made a historic and unexpected one-week trip to China, meeting with top Communist Party officials and visiting Beijing, Hangzhou and the Great Wall.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese officials have raided the office of a Beijing legal research center because it wasn’t properly registered, according to the volunteer group known as Gong Meng , or the Open Constitution Initiative.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose, driving the benchmark index to a 13-month high, as commodities-related companies and insurers gained on optimism record bank lending will revive the economy and boost earnings.
The top legislator from China's riot-hit Xinjiang said authorities will speed up local legislation against separatism in the western region that has a long-running independence movement by minority Uighurs, state media reported Monday.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose the most in seven weeks, led by commodities-related companies and insurers, on optimism record bank lending will revive the economy and boost earnings.
Australia's trade minister said on Monday China's detention of Rio Tinto employees would not hurt economic relations if handled properly, but said the case was a signal to everyone looking to invest in China.
China’s investigation into whether four employees of the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto stole state documents may be treated as a commercial case rather than an espionage case, Australia’s foreign affairs minister said Sunday.
Australia's trade minister said on Monday that Australia wants more details on the detained employees of miner Rio Tinto from China quickly, but said the case would not hurt economic relations if handled properly.
For many bureaucrats in China, getting drunk is part of the job, sometimes causing death and wasting public funds, a state newspaper said as authorities try to crackdown on the deeply ingrained bingeing culture.
Police in southern China have arrested seven men including the suspected mastermind of a foiled gun plot targeting veteran Hong Kong democrat Martin Lee and media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s stocks rose, extending five weeks of gains, as advances by commodity producers on higher metals prices overshadowed declines by property developers on signs the government is tightening lending.
One Chinese official is dead and another in a coma in a pair of cases highlighting the risks of China's culture of drinking heavily to seal political or business deals, state media said on Monday.
The Chinese government acknowledged for the first time that police killed 12 people during July 5 unrest in western China but put the blame squarely on rioters, saying they stockpiled weapons and planned synchronized attacks on targets across the city of Urumqi.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Citic Securities Co., the brokerage unit of China’s biggest investment company, raised its earnings growth estimates for the nation’s listed companies in 2009 as the world’s third-largest economy recovers.
A weakening tropical storm Molave whirled into southern China on Sunday, drenching the region with heavy rains after killing at least five people in the Philippines. Two Chinese fishermen were missing, state media said.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- China’s money-market rates rose by the most this month on speculation new share sales will drain cash from the financial system.
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Cash prices for iron ore delivered to China, the world’s biggest buyer, climbed above $90 a ton for the first time this year as rebounding growth in the Asian nation drove imports.
China's total non-performing-loan portfolio shrinks during the first six months of this year, but doubts remain about the true state of affairs
July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Henry Sy , whose retail empire has made him the richest man in the Philippines, may build as many as three malls a year in China to expand in the first major economy to rebound from the global recession.
You might expect that Chinese market leader China Mobile can ignore its smaller competitor China Unicom, but Unicom's coup in securing the iPhone franchise could prove uncomfortable for the top dog.