Abbott backs Bishop over China dispute
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Australia will speak its mind on China's territorial dispute with Japan, after his foreign minister was accused of finger-pointing over the East China Sea...
View ArticleChina media ramp up rhetoric over air zone
AAPChina's response to US B-52 bombers in its newly-declared air zone was "too slow", state-run media say, fuelling the clamour for Beijing to get tough against Japan and the US.Beijing's declaration...
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China throws down a gauntlet to America
EconomyChinaPhilip Stephens - Financial TimesFT.comAt first glance, Beijing’s designation of an air defence zone in the East China Sea marks a calibrated escalation of its longstanding dispute with...
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The US hedges its bets on China's rise
Business SpectatorEconomyXinghai FangChina is the only country in the world that could potentially surpass the United States in total economic size, and whose currency, the renminbi, may one day...
View ArticleChina jets on 'high alert' in air zone
AAPCHINA'S air force is on "high alert" and has sent patrols into its new air defence identification zone in the East China Sea, the Defence Ministry says.China will remain on "high alert" and will...
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Asian investors cash in on Aussie hospitality
IndustriesTourismFlorence ChongIn recent months, Asian investors have stepped up hotel acquisitions in Australia – a country they see as the next big frontier for Chinese tourists.The thinking is that,...
View ArticleBiden heads to Asia amid China tensions
AAPUS Vice President Joe Biden has headed to Asia amid heightened tensions over China's newly-declared air defence zone.During a stop in Beijing, Biden will highlight "areas of concern, including...
View ArticleIPOs to resume in China
AFPNew share offerings will resume in China as early as next month, the country's stock regulator said, ending a ban in place for more than a year, after leaders vowed to give private firms a bigger...
View ArticleIPOs to resume in China
AFPNew share offerings will resume in China as early as next month, the country's stock regulator said, ending a ban in place for more than a year, after leaders vowed to give private firms a bigger...
View ArticleBritish PM oversees China deals
AAPBritish Prime Minister David Cameron oversaw the signing of agreements in areas from legal assistance to space exploration during an official visit to China that replaces one earlier scrapped by...
View ArticleBiden in Japan amid China tensions
AAPUS Vice President Joe Biden will meet Japanese leaders on Tuesday, with Tokyo hoping for some fulsome backing in its vicious territorial spat with China.Biden arrived in Tokyo late Monday on the...
View ArticleQantas, China Southern strike code-share deal
By a staff reporterQantas has signed a landmark deal with Asia's largest airline China Southern in a bid to increase Chinese tourism, The Australian reports.According to the newspaper, Qantas customers...
View ArticleCITIC ships first Sino ore
By a staff reporterCitic Pacific has made its first shipment of iron ore concentrate from its Sino Iron project in Western Australia's Pilbara The Australian reports.The shipment or iron ore...
View ArticleChina non-manufacturing PMI slows in November
By a staff reporterActivity in China's non-manufacturing sector slowed in November, bur remained in expansionary territory according to official data released by the country's National Bureau of...
View ArticleUK bags $A10.12 billion in China deals
AAPBusiness deals worth a total of STG5.6 billion ($A10.12 billion) and creating 1500 jobs in the UK have been struck during the first day of Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to China, according to...
View ArticleIndustrial spying probe at CSIRO: report
AAPIntelligence and security agencies are reportedly investigating a suspected industrial espionage case at Australia's top scientific organisation, the CSIRO.Federal police and intelligence officials...
View ArticleUK no longer world power: China media
AAPBritain should recognise it is not a big power but "just an old European country apt for travel and study", Chinese state-run media has snapped as Prime Minister David Cameron visited."China won't...
View ArticleUS backs Japan on China air zone
AAPUS vice-president Joe Biden has held talks in Tokyo saying the United States is "deeply concerned" about a new Chinese air zone that has provoked fury in Japan.The Japanese government said it was...
View ArticleChina services PMI slows: HSBC
By a staff reporterActivity in China's services sector expanded in November, but at a slightly slower rate than in the previous month.The HSBC China Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) printed at...
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China banks on SMEs for growth
EconomyChinaKen PhillipsAll those western market analysts who are worried and reacting negatively to the ‘slowdown’ in China perhaps need a lesson in reading Chinese economic tea leaves. The tea leaf...
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