China defended its export controls on rare earth minerals on Thursday, saying that they were in line with World Trade Organization rules, after a government move to slash export quotas on rare earths sparked trade concerns.
California-based start up Lookout Mobile Security said a new Trojan - dubbed Geinimi' - affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China and displayed botnet-like capabilities.
The year 2010 has seen the emergence and growth of one of the strongest markets for luxury industry in the world - China.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Array BioPharma, Hauppauge Digital, China Wind Systems, Broadwind Energy, Popular, Maxygen, Santarus, BSD Medical, Flamel Technologies, and Banner.
Carlyle Group has sold a 2.5 percent stake worth around $860 million in China Pacific Insurance Co Ltd <2601.HK>, sources said, helping the buyout fund recoup its investment in what could be one of its best Asian deals to date.
In a 'reciprocal' act to Hugo Chavez's rejection of President Barack Obama's choice of ambassador to Caracas, US revoked the visa for Venezuela's ambassador in Washington.
China's Ministry of Finance said Tuesday the country's purchase tax for passenger cars with engines of 1.6 liters or less will be set at 10 percent from Jan. 1, ending an incentive policy under which the level was 7.5%.
China will actively promote auto imports over the next five years to help the country restructure and upgrade its auto industry, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) said.
German luxury car maker Audi is investing €11.6 billion ($15.3 billion U.S. at the current exchange rate) between 2011 and 2015 to focus on future technologies.
With as many as 2.85 billion journeys expected in 40 days, China is gearing up to tackle the travel needs of the soon approaching Lunar New Year, a acid test to the country's transportation system.
U.S. private equity fund Carlyle Group has sold about $860 million worth of shares in China Pacific Insurance Co Ltd <2601.HK>, a source with direct with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
(Corrects paragraph 3 to show the 57 percent stake is for Hong Kong traded H-shares and does not take into account outstanding Shanghai shares <601601.SS>)
Chinese inflation showed signs of cresting in a manufacturing survey on Thursday, an early indication that the government will be able to stick to its course of gradual rather than aggressive monetary tightening.
China will continue to export rare earth minerals and said its export controls were for environmental protection reasons, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, after a government move to cut rare earth export quotas raised fresh international trade concerns.
China shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites this year, netting almost 5,000 suspects in the process, a government spokesman said on Thursday, vowing no let-up in its campaign against material deemed obscene.
South Korea, among other countries, would be a better candidate than South Africa to join the BRIC group of prominent emerging market nations, said Jim O’Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and the man who first coined the “BRIC” term.
China's new anti-ship aircraft carrier killer missile has achieved initial operational capability, but that won't affect the United States military's operations in the commercially vital South China Sea, a top U.S. military commander said.
Amid the chorus of commodity bulls and analysts predicting more rallies in 2011, some expect steep corrections if demand destruction sets in from high prices and big consumer China gets tougher against inflation.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was forceful, even bellicose, in speaking about North Korea on Monday. But on Wednesday, Lee struck a conciliatory note, expressing a desire for dialogue with his country's difficult neighbor to the north
Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) is rising following the decision by China to cut its exports of rare earth materials next year.
American online payment service provider Paypal said it will help establish an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China to cash in on the nation’s fast-growing Internet sales market.
Amid the chorus of commodity bulls and analysts predicting more rallies in 2011, some expect steep corrections if demand destruction sets in from high prices and big consumer China gets tougher against inflation.
