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/ 2 December 2011
If you read the history of the development of all the great powers, it was steam then electricity generated by coal that fuelled industry and navies.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says his wife has been summoned to a police station — the latest person close to him to be taken in for questioning.
A row over a speech by the Dalai Lama has scuttled key talks between India and China as the two nations vie for power and influence in the region.
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/ 25 November 2011
South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen have been having a difficult time at the Golf World Cup in China.
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/ 25 November 2011
Recent social unrest in places like Tunisia highlights why countries should not disregard people’s desire to share in the benefits of economic growth.
China won’t take on binding emissions reduction targets at UN climate talks next week even though it acknowledges being the world’s largest emitter.
Popular artist Ai Weiwei’s naked protest of Chinese police’s interrogation of a videographer has fans stripping off.
A lack of women in China means an estimated 30-million to 50-million men will be without a wife in 20 years.
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/ 17 November 2011
Artist and fierce government critic Ai Weiwei has transformed a crippling tax fine he says is designed to silence him into a huge wave of solidarity.
Beijing fears a policy of encirclement as US President Barack Obama announces plans to begin stationing 2 500 troops in northern Australia.
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/ 15 November 2011
The IMF says China’s financial system is at risk from bad loans, booming private lending and sharp falls in property prices.
United States President Barack Obama has served notice that the US is fed up with China’s trade and currency practices.
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/ 8 November 2011
Chinese-American designer Vivienne Tam has lifted the made-in-China label out of the discount bins and onto the world’s catwalks.
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/ 8 November 2011
Under pressure from China, Mongolia has cut short a lecture tour due to be given by the Dalai Lama in the capital’s new Buyant-Ukhaa sports complex.
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/ 5 November 2011
Forty-five miners trapped underground after a rock blast in a Chinese coal mine were brought to the surface on Saturday in a rare successful rescue,.
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/ 4 November 2011
China plans to bridge the gap between rich and poor nations by urging emerging economies to make concrete emission reduction plans.
A key US senator is due to unveil a Bill that will triple US exports into Africa as China continues to expand its economic ties to the continent.
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/ 1 November 2011
A Hong Kong school has lost an appeal against a noise abatement order issued after a complaint about the daily ruckus emanating from its playground.
The Chinese artist who was held in detention for close to three months says he has been ordered to pay the tax but would challenge the demand.
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/ 1 November 2011
Two earthquakes have struck parts of China, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage in either area.
The kingdom of Lesotho will harness the power of wind and water in a China-funded $15-billion green energy project, the biggest of its kind in Africa.
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/ 1 November 2011
An American security commission has been accused of ulterior motives in claiming that US satellites were targeted by Chinese hackers.
Bryan Phillips is part of a group of 30 Henley MBAs who arrived in Cape Town last month to help five NGOs to improve relationships.
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/ 28 October 2011
The major economic entities are in the throes of self-inflicted, but apparently insoluble, problems as they lurch their way to stagnation.
As India and China grow their economies, it’s obvious they won’t achieve their goals without access to the natural resources of Africa.
China has pledged to hold people more accountable for their actions after a string of scandals involving everything from food safety to fake goods.
China has accused the Dalai Lama of "terrorism in disguise" for supporting Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in protest at Beijing’s rule.
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/ 18 October 2011
World stock markets have tumbled after China’s robust economic growth took a knock and German leaders warned that Europe’s debt crisis might linger.
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/ 17 October 2011
The next three weeks are likely to determine the fate of global markets for the remainder of the year, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.
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/ 14 October 2011
The visit of deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to China two weeks ago is recognition of China’s growing footprint in Africa.
The Dalai Lama debacle is simply just another symptom of a country losing its independence.
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/ 13 October 2011
Stock exchanges from Brazil, Russia, India, Hong Kong and SA have unveiled a cross-listing agreement to increase economic partnerships.