Awaiting meeting with Chinese leader North Korean envoy tours high-tech park

Canada.com - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Chinese paramilitary police officers stand in position at the gate of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where a car believed to be carrying North Korea's Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers’ Party official and the military’s top political officer, arrives in Beijing Thursday, May 23, 2013. After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean ...

EU ready for talks on China investment accord

The West Australian - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission announced on Thursday it was ready to open negotiations with China, one of the EU's most important trading partners, on an investment protection accord.The announcement comes in the midst of a series of tit-for-tat trade disputes between Brussels and Beijing and as the EU begins talks with Washington on what could be the largest ever Free Trade ...

Record Attendance at the Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology Seminars in Beijing China and Hsinchu andTaiwan

AZoM - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology has just completed its series of Asian seminars in Beijing, China and Hsinchu, Taiwan, attracting a record total attendance of over 250 ...

China Agritech directors cannot escape investor lawsuit - judge

Find Law - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - China Agritech Inc directors lost a bid to escape a lawsuit by shareholders who contend the company was a fraud, the latest setback delivered by Delaware judges to defendants connected to Chinese reverse merger companies.In a ruling Tuesday, Vice Chancellor Travis Laster of the Delaware Chancery Court allowed an investor lawsuit to proceed seeking damages over the ...

FTSE battered by Chinese data U.S. stimulus concerns

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

* FTSE 100 down 1.9 pct, eyes worst day in 11 months * Break below 6,700 could spell steeper losses * United Utilities rewarded for dividends, Halfords punished By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares slid from 13-year peaks on Thursday, battered by weak Chinese economic data and signs the U.S. Federal Reserve could soon taper its stimulus programme. Mining stocks ...

METALS-Copper hit by China factory datamine closure limits loss

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

* HSBC China flash PMI falls to seven-month low of 49.6 * Worries of early end to bond buying also hurt sentiment * Coming Up; U.S. jobless claims 1230 GMT By Eric Onstad LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Copper reversed the week's gains, sliding as much as 3 percent on Thursday after a survey showed China's manufacturing sector contracted, but a shutdown at one of the world's biggest mines ...

Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy Triggers Concerns in Shanghai

The Epoch Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Actress Angelina Jolie, in her role as UN envoy, talks during a news conference regarding sexual violence against women in conflict, at the Foreign Ministers G8 meeting in Lancaster House on April 11, 2013 in London, England. Jolie's revelation on May 14 that she had undergone a double mastectomy in order to prevent cancer has spurred women in Shanghai, China to become much more interested ...

Hong Kong shares close down 2.54

SBS - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Hong Kong shares have closed down 2.54 per cent after weak Chinese data and signs the US Federal Reserve could soon start tapering off stimulus measures.The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Thursday lost 591.4 points to 22,669.68 on turnover of $HK83.64 billion ($A11.17 billion).Chinese shares closed down more than one per cent after data showing manufacturing activity contracted in May for the ...

Asian Stocks Tumble On Fed Talk China Growth Concerns

RTT News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday after minutes of the Federal Reserve's April 30-May 1 meeting revealed "a number" of members favor tapering the central bank's $85-billion bond-buying program as early as the June meeting if the labor market continues to improve. Fed chief Ben Bernanke also hinted that an exit could be initiated in the "next few meetings" if the ...

Chinas manufacturing slows HSBC

New Kerala - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Beijing, May 23 : China's manufacturing activity fell into contraction for the first time since October, a preliminary survey from the HSBC ...

New GM at Peninsula Beijing leads with care and efficiency

Global Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

With a prominent background of working in top luxury hotels spanning across Asia, Joseph Sampermans, general manager of The Peninsula Beijing, has been sparing no efforts in leading his team to admirable achievements.Sampermans, a Dutch national and graduate of the Limburg Zuyd in the Netherlands with a bachelor's degree in finance, comes to the hotel with 20 years of experience in the ...

NZ farmers thank China for fixing trade blunder

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

/enpproperty--> WELLINGTON - The head of New Zealand's farming industry body on Thursday thanked Chinese authorities for helping to "untangle a bureaucratic morass" that had resulted in New Zealand meat exports being refused entry into China. Federated Farmers president and trade spokesperson Bruce Wills said the mistakes by New Zealand's export licensing authority, the ...

Dreamliner gets Chinese certification

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Certification was granted to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from the Civil Aviation Administration of China on Thursday, the US aircraft manufacturer said on its Chinese micro blog. "That means the 787 will be in China soon, very soon" said Marc Allen, president of Boeing China. Allen said earlier that both China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines will get Boeing ...

Chinese courts to deploy more citizen jurors

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Chinese courts are hoping to double the number of citizen jurors in the next two years, a senior judge said Thursday. The total number of citizen jurors, also known as people's jurors, will reach 200,000 in 2015, said Shen Deyong, executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC), at a meeting on the development of the people's juror ...

Successful dive confirmed in South China Sea

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

/enpproperty--> The China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association said on Thursday that Qianlong No1 completed a successful dive of 4,159 meters in the South China Sea in May. The dive was a major boost to efforts to explore the ocean floor and carry out research. Qianlong No1 is 4.6 meters long and 1.6 meters wide, weighing about 1,500 kilograms. The submersible is ...

BAIC shows its designs at Beijing expo

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

A concept vehicle designed by Beijing Automotive Industry Corp is shown during the 16th Beijing International High-Tech Expo, May 23, 2013. The expo opened on Wednesday and will last until Sunday. ...

Police bust Guangzhou betting gang

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Police in the Guangdong provincial capital detained 157 suspects amid a crackdown against illegal soccer gambling. More than 132 million yuan ($21.29 million) has been frozen in bank accounts as police targeted a major soccer betting syndicate in the Pearl River delta, according to a press release from the Guangzhou bureau of public security on Thursday. Coordinated ...

NBA Nation to tour China

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

/enpproperty--> BEIJING - NBA Nation, the NBA's largest mobile basketball playground, will return to China for the second consecutive year and visit 12 cities from May 31 to Aug 18, giving fans the chance to enjoy basketball contests, interact with NBA players and pose with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy. O.J. Mayo of the Dallas Mavericks will launch the festivities in ...

Aussie coach denies report of taking helm of a Chinese club

China Daily - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

/enpproperty--> Australian coach Graham Arnold has denied reports in the Chinese media that he is tempted to take charge of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R&F. In a media conference after an AFC Champions League match between his side, Central Coast Mariners, and Guangzhou Evergrande on Wednesday night, Arnold said he has not had any direct contact with Guangzhou R&F. Recent ...

SE Asia Stocks-Fall on Fed China data jitters Spore Thailand hit 2-wk low

Reuters - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

BANGKOK, May 23 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stocks fell on Thursday, with Singapore marking its worst week since November 2012 and Thai stocks at their lowest close in more than two weeks, as worries over the future of U.S. monetary stimulus and weak Chinese data dented global sentiment. Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia saw weakness in large caps such as Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Siam ...

China and Fed fallout to weigh on U.S. stocks

CNN Money - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

U.S. stocks fell Wednesday after mixed messages from the Federal Reserve about its ongoing bond-buying program. Stocks had rallied earlier as investors welcomed comments from Fed ...

NKorea envoy to meet Chinas leader

The Standard - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

(7 mins ago) While a North Korean envoy waits for an expected meeting with China's Communist Party chief, his Chinese hosts are taking him touring in Beijing. North Korea's official Central News Agency reported that the envoy, Choe Ryong Hae, spent part of Thursday touring an industrial park in the southern part of the capital, accompanied by a Communist Party functionary, AP ...