A new world under one Heaven Asia Times | By Francesco Sisci | Part 1: | BEIJING - Globalization in the West started with the Greeks - with the Anabasis told by Xenophon, a disciple of Socrates. Then, 10,000 Greek mercenaries marched to Persia to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try to take the throne from Artaxerxes. This occurred b...
Gold near ten-week high on oil Business Day SINGAPORE - Gold was steady near its highest level in more than ten weeks today, on inflation fears driven by record high oil, and gains in ETF holdings suggested investors were shifting their money back to bullion. | But trading may be slow ahead of US employment data and an interest rate decision ...
China to curb ‘hot money’ inflows The Times Of India | BEIJING: Beijing is tightening financial controls on trade to curb multibillion-dollar flows of speculative ‘hot money’ into China that regulators say could fuel inflation, the govern...
Hot money sparks new forex rules Hong Kong Standard China's "hot money" problem in the wake of the yuan's appreciation has reached such an alarming level that Beijing has imposed temporary foreign exchange rules to ensure exporters do not fake transactions. | //--> Staff reporter | Friday, July 04, 20...
ICBC upbeat on 50pc net leap Hong Kong Standard Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (1398) is confident its first-half result will be 50 percent higher than last year's owing to better business growth and a lower tax rate. | //--> Friday, July 04, 2008 | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China...
Historic flights end `cold war' Hong Kong Standard Some 760 mainland tourists and officials will make history today when they fly direct to Taiwan - breaking more than 60 years of aviation "cold war" across the Taiwan Strait. | //--> Nickkita Lau | Friday, July 04, 2008 | Some 760 mainland tourists a...
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GM feels the competition in China Business Day BEIJING - General Motors (GM), the biggest overseas vehicle makers in China, said yesterday sales growth in the country slowed in the first half as competition intensified with Toy...
Chinese media say Sarkozy unwelcome at Olympics The Times Of India | BEIJING: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will get a cold public shoulder at the Beijing Olympics if he attends, Chin...
Taiwanese official asks China to pull out new missiles The Manila Times By Rommel C. Lontayao, Reporter | A Taiwanese representative called on Beijing to remove its ballistic missiles reportedly aimed at the island, even as he expressed intentions to discuss improving relations with China's envoy in Manila. | "We want Ch...
Direct Mainland-Taiwan flights good for RP too The Manila Times | Today a momentous event happens between the China Mainland's People's Republic of China or PRC and its province of Taiwan (which goes under the formal name of the Republic of China or ROC). Regular flights between the two are restored after 59 year...
A new world under one Heaven Asia Times | By Francesco Sisci | Part 1: | BEIJING - Globalization in the West started with the Greeks - with the Anabasis told by Xenophon, a disciple of Socrates. Then, 10,000 Greek mercenaries marched to Persia to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try t...
China: Dalai Lama must disavow Tibet independence Philadelphia Daily News | ANITA CHANG | The Associated Press | BEIJING - China insists the Dalai Lama prove he doesn't support Tibetan independence or disruption of the Beijing Olympics, telling two envoys for the spiritual leader that such "positive actions" are needed before further talks, a state news agency said Thursday. | The demand made by a top Chinese official in...
China: Dalai Lama must disavow violence AOL BEIJING (AP) - China wants the Dalai Lama to prove he does not support Tibetan independence and disruption of the Beijing Olympics, and told the spiritual leader's two visiting envoys that "positive actions" could lead to more talks this year, a state news agency reported Thursday. | The demands made by a top Chinese official in two days of meeting...
