Chinese President Hu Jintao swore in Hong Kong's new leader on the 15th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule, even as anti-Chinese protestors tried to disrupt Hu's visit.
Asian markets are expected to begin the week on the upswing gains after leaders of the European Union agreed on action to stem the region's debt crisis.
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Most Asian markets rose this week as investor sentiment turned positive with the announcement of measures at the EU summit in Brussels aimed at alleviating the current debt crisis gripping the euro zone.
China, which according to various estimates produces between 90 to 98 percent of the world's rare earth supplies, warned that a decline in its rare earth resources was accelerating.
The revelations would be particularly embarrassing to a Communist leadership seeking to stamp out government corruption.
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) must be asking itself when the European automotive market becomes too toxic as sales in the region slump, the euro zone teeters on the brink of disaster and carmaker predicts European losses of close to $600 million in the second quarter.
The United States gave China and Singapore exemptions from new sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and oil industry, which took effect on Thursday.
More than three decades after the death of Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-Tung, Maoist rebels remain active in more than one-third of India?s 600 districts, primarily along the eastern parts of the country.
Authorities are refraining from calling it terrorism, but the hijackers -- subdued by passengers -- were aboard a flight in a region of Western China where Muslim Uyghur separatists are active
Three Chinese astronauts, including the first woman, returned to Earth after their manned spaceship successfully docked to another craft in orbit.
The Shenzhou 9 space capsule safely parachute landed about 10 a.m. Beijing time Friday in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, following a 13-day mission that marked a major stride in China's ambitious space program.
Ever since the International Olympic Committee awarded London the 2012 Olympic games, many questions have been raised about the games' costs and benefits to the city.
Asian stock markets rallied Friday as sentiment was buoyed after leaders at the European Union summit in Brussels agreed on important plans to tackle the region's debt crisis.
Most Asian markets rose Friday as investors remained hopeful that policymakers would reach an agreement on bold steps to save the euro zone at the EU summit.
Abound Solar of Loveland, Colo., has become the third federally sponsored solar panel company to collapse in the past year, another blow to Obama's green energy and jobs efforts.
A difference of tone on Twitter versus China's Sina Weibo suggests underlying cultural differences.
Following an extended game of chicken, the Obama administration granted China and Singapore an exception to the Iranian oil sanctions, senior White House officials said Thursday.
After a four-month investigation, a labor rights group has discovered deplorable working conditions throughout Apple's manufacturing network in China.
Mongolia gears up for a new parliament while in the nascent stages of an unprecedented economic boom.
The two countries are set to sign a historic General Security Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) to allow classified military intelligence sharing on Friday.
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