Biden faces tricky juggling act on Asia visit
US Vice-President Joe Biden will seek a delicate balance between calming military tension with China and backing ally Japan against Beijing on a trip to Asia this weekCameron calls for EU, Chinese free-trade deal
British Prime Minister David Cameron meets Chinese leaders as he calls for the European Union to negotiate a free-trade agreement with the world’s second-largest economy
Thai premier calls for talks, police use rubber bullets
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra vows to ‘open every door’, while police use rubber bullets despite her assurance to the contrary, as protesters close in on her office
China spellbound as ‘Jade Rabbit’ takes to moon
The Chang’e-3 rocket carrying the 'Jade Rabbit' rover to explore the moon will be the third such rover mission to the moon
Steady factory growth underlines Chinese resilience
Both official and HSBC/Markit purchasing managers surveys show stable manufacturing activity, which bodes well for country’s structural reforms
Opinion
China and Japan must change course to avoid collision
Gideon Rachman
For the past year, China and Japan have been engaged in dangerous military jostling as they push their rival territorial claims to some uninhabited islands
Opinion
LETTER FROM CHINA: Early birds will score when Beijing opens the floodgates
Kobus van der Wath
Chinese government does not want to be too specific about planned reforms unless it is unequivocally certain that such reforms can be implemented
Steady factory growth underlines Chinese resilience
Both official and HSBC/Markit purchasing managers surveys show stable manufacturing activity, which bodes well for country’s structural reforms
India’s Mars probe on way in ‘slingshot’
India’s first mission to Mars overtakes the efforts in space of rival Asian giant China
Worst mob scandal yet sweeps over Japan Inc
Mobsters now prefer suits and clean-cut look, writes Hiroshi Hiyama
India prepares to halt $20bn coal-to-oil project
Mine rights to be cancelled due to developments falling behind schedule, writes Rajesh Kumar Singh
Embattled Thai prime minister easily survives no-confidence vote
Yingluck Shinawatra wins no-confidence vote in parliament, but fails to pacify anti-government protesters who reject calls for talks and mass by thousands in capital
Europe slaps hefty duties on Chinese solar glass exports
European Union imposes hefty duties on Chinese imports of glass used in solar panels, saying China’s producers are exporting at unfairly low prices that threaten European manufacturers
China is where they grow billionaires
But survey shows US has the world's richest peopleUS airlines give China flight plans for new defense zone
United, American and Delta airlines have notified Chinese authorities of flight plans when traveling through air defense zone Beijing declared over the East China Sea
India talks tough on WTO, but does not rule out deal
Trade minister says he will not compromise on food subsidies for poor at World Trade Organisation meeting, but leaves open possibility of interim subsidy deal
Opinion
LETTER FROM CHINA: SA should make a concerted effort to attract Chinese tourists
Kobus van der Wath
Co-ordinated and concerted effort from private and public organisations can further open the door and solidify South Africa as the continent’s prime tourist destination, writes Kobus van der Wath
Opinion
World silent on human numbers
David Gleason
Almost no one raises the issue of the rapid expansion of the human population in conversations on climate change
Thai protesters step up action, PM forced to leave building
Protest leaders urged supporters to seize 10 government offices, six television stations, police headquarters and the prime minister’s offices
Japan looks to expand air defence zone in Pacific
Japan considering expanding its air defence identification zone in the Pacific Ocean, report says
Officials in Sri Lanka begin establishing death toll from war with Tamil Tigers
Sri Lanka seeks to fend off growing pressure over allegations of mass killings at the end of the country’s long civil war
Hyundai has high hopes Genesis will lift US sales
South Korea’s largest vehicle maker unveiled revamped all-wheel-drive Genesis premium sedan
NEWS ANALYSIS: Chinese military to be put to the test in East China Sea
Military could struggle to cope with the demands for intensified surveillance if it tries to enforce rules in its new air defence zone over islands at the heart of a territorial dispute with Japan, write Greg Torode and Adam Rose
Australian treasurer calls for debate on Qantas ownership
Australian government flags allowing majority foreign ownership or increased government support for Qantas Airways
Sony seeks patent for navigation ‘SmartWig’
Sony seeks US patent for hairpieces that could help navigate roads, check blood pressure or flip through slides in a presentation
Thai protesters besiege more ministries
Thousands mass outside four ministries, major government office complex and 19 provincial halls in effort to cripple administration and oust prime minister
- US bombers fly into disputed China zone
- China sends aircraft into contested air zone as ‘defensive measure’
- India’s food subsidy demands stymie trade deal
- China’s November factory growth clings to 18-month high
- Thai protesters intensify campaign to bring down Yingluck
- China to rely on reform, not loose monetary policy, to underpin growth
- China’s rules over islands’ airspace rile Japan, US
- Sony to make big cuts at its entertainment units
- Indonesia, Australia spy claim tension spreads to corporate world
- China factory growth slows, weakens quarterly outlook
- Samsung ordered to pay Apple $290m
- Indonesia halts military training with Australia as spy scandal escalates
- No need for rapid mass burials in Philippines, Red Cross says
- China scorns arrest warrants over Tibet
- Thai finance ministry occupied amid huge anti-government protests
- China’s intervention in cotton came back to haunt it
- Toyota targets mass market with unveiling of new fuel-cell car
- Australian kangaroo exporters look to hop into meat-hungry China
- Abbott rejects call to apologise for Indonesia spying
- Bank exits China Everbright listing
- Sony hiring Bain to identify $100m in cuts
- Philippines to split up typhoon relief zone country by country
- Australians call for climate change action
- Communist Party’s third plenum may take long view on reforms
- GIDEON RACHMAN: How China plans to prove the sceptics wrong
- Leaked document spurs reform hope in China
- GALLERY: Typhoon Haiyan rips through islands in Philippines
- Regulators add China’s ICBC to list of too-big-to-fall banks
- Typhoon death toll is overstated, says Philippine president
- Australian prime minister introduces carbon tax repeal bill
- Ayatollah’s wealth exceeds Iran’s oil exports
- India woos foreign banks with new rules
- Beijing says it let US bombers fly over contested airspace
- Japanese central banker has doubts about inflation goal
- Chinese services sector picks up ahead of major party policy meeting
- China’s Li maintains hawkish policy stance
- US, Japan criticise China over air defence zone
- More than a million take China’s exam for just 19,000 government jobs
- Faltering corporate banking units put drag on Standard Chartered
- Outlook for Japanese growth sags
- Toyota sees US market slowdown in 2014
- Rio wary of rushing Mongolia mine
- Bank of Japan maintains rosy economic outlook
- China’s central bank suggests faster tempo for freeing yuan
- Fukushima operator starts dangerous fuel-rod removal
- Indonesian, Australia leaders trade jabs over spying allegations
- OECD sees China growth accelerating in 2014, urges reforms
- Galaxy group looks beyond Macau
- Gayoom sworn in as Maldives president
- Villagers mob US aid choppers as Philippine relief effort spreads
- Gambia to sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan, says president
- China looks to rein in municipal debts
- Japan draws fire by slashing commitment to greenhouse-gas curbs
- Sri Lanka has ‘nothing to hide’ over rights, says president
- Philippines president under mounting pressure as death toll rises
- NEWS ANALYSIS: Abenomics celebrates a subdued first anniversary
- China’s Tencent misses earnings estimates
- LETTER FROM CHINA: Chinese Communist Party’s third plenum may take long view on financial reforms
- Australia bins carbon tax in hottest month
- More in Commonwealth boycott Sri Lanka
- Chinese online shoppers click up a storm on singles’ day
- US navy joins relief effort in Philippines
- Typhoon Haiyan will not pull Philippines off growth path, say experts
- NEWS ANALYSIS: US reports better relations with China, but human rights issues remain
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