French intelligence services are looking into China’s possible role in an industrial espionage scandal at car-maker Renault.
South Africa’s invitation to join the amorphous entity is an affront to the country’s foreign policy, write Mills Soko and Mzukisi Qobo.
President Jacob Zuma is emerging as an international statesman, which is paying dividends for the country.
Investors are watching inflation, but Jonathan Schiessl of Ashburton remains bullish.
Once again, China has scored points in Africa. Beijing wants South Africa to become the fifth member of the Bric countries.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, have vowed their countries will cooperate closely despite differences.
South Africa’s coal exports rose to 63,43-million tons in 2010 from 61,14-million tons the previous year, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal said.
The popular Internet service Skype could be dealt a major setback in one of the world’s largest markets as the Chinese government cracks down.
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/ 31 December 2010
A virus targeting smart phones in China running Google’s Android operating system may represent the most sophisticated bug to target mobile devices.
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/ 30 December 2010
China shut down more than 60 000 pornographic websites this year, netting almost 5 000 suspects in the process.
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/ 29 December 2010
Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to $199-billion in 2008. Equivalent to 3,9% of country’s GDP.
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/ 24 December 2010
South Africa has received a formal invitation to join the Brazil, Russia, India and China (Bric) group of large emerging economies.
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/ 24 December 2010
China’s commerce minister warned that measures being taken in Europe to fix the sovereign debt crisis are "turning an acute disease into a chronic".
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/ 24 December 2010
China says its two-way trade with Africa has increased by nearly 45% in a year to hit a record $114,81-billion.
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/ 22 December 2010
The Dalu Robot restaurant’s hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips.
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/ 17 December 2010
China’s internet censors may keep most of the nation’s 420-million web users from accessing Facebook, but they haven’t stopped social game developers.
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/ 15 December 2010
Foreign direct investment in China rose 38,17% year-on-year in November despite efforts to control inflation and stem the flow of liquidity.
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/ 14 December 2010
Expect market-led growth in dynamic emerging markets, while mature markets recover from their recessionary hangovers.
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/ 13 December 2010
Shanghai plans to be Asia’s top stock market by 2013 and launch 24-hour trading by the end of the decade.
A Chinese group awarded its own "peace prize" on Thursday, just a day before the Nobel Committee was set to honour jailed China dissident Liu Xiaobo.
China has invented its answer to the Nobel Peace Prize, the "Confucius Peace Prize" and will bestow it a day before the Nobel.
China unleashed a fresh diatribe on Tuesday ahead of the ceremony honouring Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.
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/ 7 December 2010
The US, South Korea and Japan all urged China to help rein in its ally North Korea and vowed solidarity in defending Seoul from any further attacks.
China on Monday offered for the first time to submit its voluntary carbon emissions target to a binding United Nations resolution.
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/ 6 December 2010
WikiLeaks reveals the fear of African embassy officials that US-China relations might hamper Chinese funding to the region.
Japanese, South Korean and United States foreign ministers meet on Monday to plot strategy towards an increasingly provocative North Korea.
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/ 5 December 2010
World climate talks in Cancún enter their final stretch with fears of a repeat of the failures that nearly wrecked the 2009 Copenhagen summit.
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/ 5 December 2010
At least six people were killed and 38 injured when an explosion hit an internet cafe in southwest China on Saturday evening, state media reported.
China accused some developed nations on Friday at the UN climate talks of seeking to kill the Kyoto Protocol pact to curb global warming.
China said it was difficult to maintain "friendly relations" with Norway, following the Nobel committee’s decision to award the Peace Prize to
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/ 25 November 2010
China said that Vatican opposition to the official Chinese Catholic body’s ordination of a bishop amount to a violation of freedom of religion.
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/ 25 November 2010
China has made global headlines for overtaking the US as the largest emitter of CO2, but have announced plans towards "green" technology.