| Japan refuses to compensate victims of colonial rule Japan has refused compensation for South Koreans who suffered during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula 1910-1945, Prensa Latina... | |
| Australia to honour Ravi Shankar for commitment to music and humanity World-renowned sitar player, composer, teacher and writer Ravi Shankar will receive the University of Melbourne's highest honour - the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) - at a special conferring ceremony at the University... |
| Liam Hemsworth talks about his 'tongue kiss' with Miley Cyrus Liam Hemsworth may be at home in Australia but he is surely missing flame Miley Cyrus' company who's in... |
| Basic human rights being trampled in Australia in absence of federal Bill of Rights: Ex-state premier Basic human rights are being trampled on by "authoritarian" governments in Australia in the absence of a federal bill of rights, former West Australian premier Geoff Gallop has... |
| Middle class Chinese families in big cities feel less happiness due to stress A survey has found that middle class families in the most prosperous regions in China are finding the least happiness in life because of the high stress of daily... |
| Three out five indigenous people more likely to commit crime in Australia At least three out of every five indigenous people in Australia are more likely to commit a... |
| Kiwi pacer Arnel all set to debut against Australia New Zealand seamer Brent Arnel (31) is all set to make his debut against Australia for Friday's first Test against in Wellington's Basin Reserve cricket... |
| Cricket tribunal to decide fate of Oz club players for racially abusing Indians Ten local cricketers in Australia will be handed down their punishment by a cricket tribunal for racially abusing six Indian... |
| North Korea executes official over currency reform North Korea has executed a former top finance official over the country's failed currency reform, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said... |
| Google May Pull Out Of China By April END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Google could pull out of China as early as April 10, a Chinese newspaper reported... |
| China Orders Crackdown On Cooking Oil Over Cancer Link BEIJING: China’s food safety watchdog has ordered inspections of cooking oil nationwide as reports Friday said up to one-tenth of Chinese supplies were illegally made and contained... |
| Google May Shut China Biz In April Google may pull out of China on April 10, China Business News reported today, citing an unidentified Chinese sales agent for the company. The search engine may announce its exit on March 22, the... |
| Indian Man Commits Suicide In Australia A 28-year-old Indian man allegedly committed suicide in Melbourne's suburban locality. Ruchi Kumar Patel was found dead at his residence in Melbourne suburb Footscray last Wednesday and a note... |
| China Calls On Washington Cool Yuan Pressure FILE - In this July 4, 2008 file photo, a bank employee counts Chinese Yuan currency in Taipei, Taiwan. China on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, rejected U.S. calls to ease currency controls and said... |
| U.s. Shouldn't Punish China Over Yuan: Japan TOKYO - A Japanese deputy finance minister said on Thursday that China should understand global calls for a more flexible yuan, as the United States kept up pressure on China to let the Chinese... |
| China-based Solar Wafer Maker Solargiga Sees Loss From 2009 Operation China-based solar ingot/wafer supplier Solargiga Energy on March 18 published its 2009 financial report, posting revenues of 658 million yuan (US$96.3 million), gross margin of 25.3% and net loss of... |
| Sony Ericsson Feature Phone Orders To Taiwan Partners To Be Reduced Significantly In 2010, Say Sources Orders for feature phones released by Sony Ericsson to Taiwan production partners will be reduced significantly in 2010 as the handset vendor is switching its focus on smartphones, according to... |
| Taiwan-based Solar Cell Maker Delsolar Sues Swiss Wafers For Contract Default Taiwan-based solar cell maker DelSolar has filed a lawsuit accusing Switzerland-based Swiss Wafers of violating a five-year solar wafer supply contract the two companies signed in... |
| Taiwan Market: Jvc Aims At 30% Share For Digital Camcorders In 2010 The vendor will later launch more models, and expects its market share of all types of digital camcorders in Taiwan to rise from 20% in 2009 to 30% at the end of 2010, according to JVC... |
| China Conducts Currency Stress Tests, Driving Yuan Forwards Up BEIJING -- Yuan forwards advanced, snapping a three-day decline, after a trade group said the government is testing the ability of companies to withstand a stronger... |
| China Mobile Profit Rises 3.3% In Fourth-quarter Posting BEIJING -- China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest wireless carrier by users, posted a 3.3 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as an economic rebound boosted phone usage, offsetting a slowdown... |
| Ibm Japan To Appeal Gov't Tax Evasion Assessment Report TOKYO -- IBM's Japan unit said Thursday it will fight an assessment by tax authorities, who reportedly investigated the company for failing to declare more than US$4.4 billion in income. IBM Japan... |
| What Does Obama Gain Naming China A Currency Cheat? He could cave in to U.S. congressional calls to challenge China and anger a vital creditor as he seeks to boost American jobs in an election year. Or he could play it safe and duck the issue,... |
| China Conducts Yuan Stress Tests, Trade Chamber Says BEIJING -- China is conducting yuan stress tests for 12 industries to gauge the possible effect of appreciation on companies, said the China Council for the Promotion of International... |
| China, U.s. Trade War Risk Rising, Credit Suisse Economist Says HONG KONG -- China is closer to a trade war with the U.S. than any time in the last five years as the two trade barbs over the proper value of the Chinese currency, according to Credit Suisse Group... |
| China Faces Important Yuan Talks BEIJING -- China faces important negotiations over its exchange rate in coming weeks, the U.S. ambassador to China said on Thursday, adding that it was not just the United States that wanted action... |
| China Officials Are Like Na'vi: Paper BEIJING -- First it was environmentalists and indigenous activists; now China's beleagured financial officials are being compared to the giant, blue-skinned heroes of the mega blockbuster film... |
| Taiwan Stocks Attractive To Long-term Investors: Manager Fu Hsu-cheng, manager of the High-Growth Fund offered by Fubon Asset Management, further stressed investors may enter the market when the TAIEX is between 7,000 and 7,500. The local benchmark stock... |
| Chimei Aims To Build Advanced China Plant The company has set up a task force and is considering a tie-up with a Chinese television maker for its LCD venture in the country, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tuan Hsing-chian said... |
| Obama Postpones Indonesia, Australia Trip WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama dramatically postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June, so he can battle for a historic health reform bill that could shape his legacy. The... |
| Vietnam Tycoon Tam Luring Companies From China With Cheap Labor March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnamese property developer Dang Thanh Tam, one of the country’s richest men, is trying to lure companies from China to his industrial parks with the promise of cheap... |
| Cash Signs On With Tennis Australia Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash has signed with Tennis Australia (TA) to work with its top junior players during 2010. Cash, who has been a long-time critic of TA, spent last week on the clay... |
| Huntsman: China Ties Better Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to China, gestures as he delivers his speech at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Huntsman said Thursday bilateral disputes should not interfere... |
| China Plans U.s. Visit To Ease Trade Frictions The Ministry of Commerce announced the upcoming visit on its website. It did not mention the yuan but said the discussions would focus on "Sino-U.S. trade balance and trade frictions and other issues... |
| For India’s Newly Rich Farmers, Limos Won’t Do Kapil Yadav arrived by helicopter at his bride’s village before their wedding in the eastern outskirts of Delhi, India, last month. Farmers and landowners in the area have prospered after a recent... |
| U.s. Presses China On Valuation Of Renminbi BEIJING — China’s reluctance to allow the value of its currency to rise “is a real concern” to both the United States and the country’s other major trading partners and... |
| U.s. Citizen Is Released From Prison In Myanmar sentenced him to five years of hard labor, the United States Embassy in Yangon said Thursday. The American, Nyi Nyi Aung, had been in detention since September, when he was arrested soon after... |
| A Guilty Plea To 2 Terrorism Charges CHICAGO — A Chicago man pleaded guilty on Thursday to helping plan the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, that killed 163 people in... |
| World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Antigovernment Protesters Vow To Continue Antigovernment demonstrators said Thursday that they would continue their protests at least through the weekend, as efforts to mediate a standoff with the government faltered. The protests, which... |
| Google 'to Leave China' Next Month said Google would go through with a threatened withdrawal from the country on April 10."We have learned that Google will leave China on April 10, but the information has not been confirmed by... |
| Japan Welcomes Rejection Of Fish Ban JAPAN has welcomed a decision by delegates at a UN wildlife trade meeting to reject a ban on cross-border trade in rapidly declining Atlantic bluefin tuna, a sushi... |
| Asian Shares Mixed; China Developers Outperform SINGAPORE (MarketWatch) -- Asian shares were mixed Friday after Wall Street's modest gains Thursday, with exporters underpinning the Tokyo market while property developers outperformed in China. ... |
| Research And Markets: China Fertilizers & Nitrogen Compounds Industry Profile http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8c82b3/china_fertilizers ) has announced the addition of the "China Fertilizers & Nitrogen Compounds Industry Profile - ISIC2412" report to their... |
| New Privatization Plan For Japan Post Be Decided Around Wed.: Kamei+ TOKYO, March 19 (AP) - (Kyodo)Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei, who is also in charge of Japan's postal reform, said Wednesday the outline of a bill to review the current... |
| Lead: Ex-envoy Says Papers On Japan-u.s. Secret Pacts Possibly Dumped+ TOKYO, March 19 (AP) - (Kyodo)(EDS: UPDATING, ADDING INFO) Some documents on Japan-U.S. secret pacts may have been discarded, a former Japanese Foreign Ministry senior official testified at... |
| Lead: Japan Needs To Review Role Of Gov't-affiliated Banks: Kan+ TOKYO, March 19 (AP) - (Kyodo)(EDS: ADDING COMMENTS, INFO) Japan is facing the need to review the role of government-affiliated banks in response to changing economic circumstances, Finance... |
