HONG KONG — The only lady vice minister in China’s Foreign Ministry is Fu Ying, a well-coiffed, mild-mannered 57-year-old, an ethnic Mongol who speaks flawless English, who has served as ambassador to the Philippines, Australia and Britain, and who is known for her media skills. A few weeks ago, those skills were fully on display when she gave an interview to Die Zeit, a highly respected German weekly newspaper.
By Kim Da-ye Kia Motors recalled more than 18,000 vehicles in Korea this week, about 35,000 in the U.S. and 1,800 in Brazil and reported the defects to other importers including China and European …
U.S. National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon will travel to Beijing this weekend for high-level talks as the U.S. and China work to iron out tensions on issues ranging from currency policy to military ties to Iran.
CHONGQING, China (Kyodo) Takeshi Niinami, president of Lawson Inc., said Thursday the convenience store chain operator intends to raise the number of its stores in China to as many as 10,000 from some 300 at present over the next 10 years. The company, currently operating in Shanghai and Chongqing, hopes to expand into seven to 10 more cities, he said, citing Beijing, Tianjin and Guangzhou as possibilities.
BEIJING (Kyodo) Japan has begun destroying chemical weapons abandoned in China by the Imperial Japanese Army at the end of World War II, Hideo Hiraoka, senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, announced Wednesday in Nanjing. Hiraoka, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker, said during a ceremony that the Japanese government will continue taking measures to speed up the destruction of abandoned munitions, the state-controlled Xinhua news agency reported.
South Korea's nuclear envoy flew to the United States yesterday for talks on North Korea amid efforts by China to restart long-stalled negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.Wi Sung-Lac will …
Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said China risks losing foreign investments unless it introduces more transparency and consistency into its business rules.
The three auto makers on Thursday posted moderate August sales gains in China amid new government incentives for fuel-efficient cars.
Macau’s gambling revenue rose 40% in August from a year earlier, reinforcing that China’s gambling center has soundly recovered from the malaise of 2009.
Washington, Sep 2: China’s growth in manufacturing trade increased hopes that it will provide support to US exports and help sustain the US economic recovery to deal another recession.World’s second-largest economy, China has been growing at a robust pace in 2010.Two