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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 7:29 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sands China Ltd., the Macau unit of billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s casino company, may raise as much as HK$26 billion ($3.4 billion) in a Hong Kong initial share sale, said three people familiar with the matter.
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Washington Post - 53 minutes ago
TAWANG, INDIA -- Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town he first set foot in five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet -- a rare trip close to his homeland that has angered Beijing.
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New York Times - Sun Nov 8, 3:23 pm ET
China offered African governments a multibillion-dollar package of financial and technical assistance, stepping up a courtship that has gained Beijing access to oil and minerals.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 43 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China promised $10 billion in cheap loans to Africa, pledged to cut customs duties and distributed a newspaper with photos of Chinese leaders among beaming Africans, as part of an effort to fight claims it is exploiting the continent’s minerals.
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The Washington Times - Sun Nov 8, 4:15 pm ET
TAWANG, India (AP) -- Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town in which he first set foot five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet -- a rare trip close to his homeland that has angered Beijing. The Dalai Lama's arrival here highlighted a lingering border dispute between India and China, exposed Beijing's ongoing sensitivities over ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 6:38 am ET
Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to a remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants.
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Market Watch - 18 minutes ago
China Minsheng Banking is reportedly seeking to raise up to $4.7 billion in an initial public offering in Hong Kong, in what would be the largest such share sale in the city this year.
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Washington Post - 52 minutes ago
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10 billion in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and has defended his country's engagement on the continent against accusations that it is "plundering" the region's oil and minerals.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 1 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China’s central bank and banking regulator may “soon” issue measures to reduce the use of “leverage” in real-estate purchases, said Fang Xinghai, the director-general of Shanghai’s financial services office. Fang spoke at a forum in Beijing today.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 33 minutes ago
The USPGA Tour plans to bring The Presidents Cup to China within a decade, while assisting the booming nation to grow its game.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 35 minutes ago
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- China’s imports of refined copper will “sharply decline” in 2010 from this year as demand growth slows amid high stockpiles, said an analyst at Beijing Antaike Information Development Co.
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CNN - Sun Nov 8, 9:03 am ET
The Dalai Lama on Sunday visited a region of India close to Tibet which China claims as its own, his spokesman said.
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Los Angeles Times - Sun Nov 8, 1:20 pm ET
The Dalai Lama and thousands of pilgrims gather for five days of prayer in the monastery town of Tawang, near Tibet. The visit to a disputed region tests Sino-Indian ties. Ignoring Chinese protests, the Dalai Lama traveled Sunday to a remote town in northeastern India near China's Tibetan border where thousands of pilgrims had braved cold weather to catch a glimpse of their spiritual leader.
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Charleston Daily Mail - Sun Nov 8, 7:13 pm ET
TAWANG, India - Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town he first set foot in five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet - a rare trip close to his homeland that has angered Beijing.The Dalai L...
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 6:44 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Dalai Lama was greeted by thousands of supporters as he began a weeklong visit to the disputed Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, angering China which claims the region and accuses him of separatist activities.
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USA Today - Sun Nov 8, 7:02 am ET
China's premier says Beijing will provide $10 billion in new loans to African nations over the next three years and has outlined a plan to cancel government debts for some of the poorest of those countries.
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New York Times - Sun Nov 8, 11:05 am ET
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China offered Africa $10 billion in loans over the next three years, saying China was a “true and trusted friend” of the continent.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 5:05 am ET
The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in northeast India on Sunday at the start of a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 18 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co.’s planned theme park in Shanghai will do little to help open China’s media industry to overseas companies as the communist government restricts films, television and the Internet, analysts said.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 47 minutes ago
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the last close.