Workers at a factory in east China's Suzhou industrial park, producing touch screens for Apple on contract have reportedly written a letter to Steve Jobs, conveying their grievances surrounding cases of chemical poisoning caused by a certain ingredient used in production.
Technology giant Apple has accepted that workers in China became seriously ill when their factory illegally swapped a cheaper toxic chemical, according to the Apple Supplier Responsibility 2011 Progress Report released on Tuesday.
Asian stock markets ended lower on Tuesday as continued political unrest in the Middle East weighed on the sentiment.
Officials from China and Taiwan gathered in the Taiwanese city of Chungli on Tuesday to sort out contentious issues in the comprehensive Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), which was signed in June last year.
While discussion over WikiLeaks' 2011 Nobel run continues, social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook deserve nobel prize for facilitating pro-democracy protests in Middle East, North Africa and even China.
As anti-government protests sweep across Libya, even entering the once-tranquil capitol of Tripoli, and major foreign oil companies suspend or withdraw operations in the wake of civil unrest, there are many unanswered questions.
China must find new ways to defuse unrest, the domestic security chief said, underscoring Beijing's anxiety about control after police quashed calls for gatherings inspired by uprisings in the Middle East.
The U.S. navy will continue to upgrade its military capabilities in the Pacific given its steadfast commitment to the region, a U.S. vice admiral said on Monday, while urging China's growing navy to avoid provocation.
China Everbright Bank may raise around $7 billion through a share sale in Hong Kong just six months after its Shanghai IPO, leading the way for more fundraising by smaller banks.
Jaguar and Land Rover is in talks with top Chinese sport utility vehicle maker Great Wall Motor Co about a potential China tie-up, two executives told Reuters on Monday.
While the Greek government seeks to establish closer diplomatic ties with Israel (in the wake of a cooling of relations between Israel and Turkey), incidents of anti-Semitism are rising in Greece, inflamed by the deepening economic crisis.
An Internet oligopoly is emerging among Chinese Internet enterprise such as Baidu, Tencent Holdings, and Alibaba, accounting for 70 percent of the total market value of all listed Internet companies in the country, Chinese website Hexun reported on Friday.
Activity in the euro zone's private sector grew faster than expected this month, particularly in the bloc's factories, but the upturn is driving prices higher, business surveys showed on Monday.
China threw its weight around at G-20 negotiations to exclude from the final communiqué references to 'foreign exchange reserves' and 'fiscal deficit' as possible causes of global economic imbalances.
China has shelved plans to tailor reserve requirements to individual banks as a way of keeping a tight leash on heavy lenders, local media reported on Monday.
China's Commerce Ministry said Chinese businesses faced damaging obstruction in efforts to invest in the United States after China's Huawei pulled out of bidding for U.S. company 3Leaf's assets following pressure from a Washington panel.
Asian stock markets ended mixed on Monday as political unrest in the Middle East weighed on the sentiment.
Japan has created a covert foreign intelligence agency to spy on China and North Korea and to collect information on terrorist attacks, said a media report citing the whistleblower website WikiLeaks.
China's Tunisia-style 'Jasmine Revolution' wilted within hours of mobilization after police descended on the protest areas and squashed the uprising. The slideshow go through how and why the protests failed.
China's Tunisia-inspired 'Jasmine Revolution' fizzled out in two hours. Protesters called for revolt at 2 p.m. Sunday in Beijing, Shanghai and other cities, but failed. Phone messaging services, Internet have been blocked in the communist nation.
Canada based rare earth mineral company Rare Element Resources is planning to open a strip mine inside a national forest in northeast Wyoming, the Associated Press reported.
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motors is seeking to secure rare earth mineral supply, as the industry faces a possible shortage of minerals.