Asian cities to become top finance centres
(Reuters) – Top UK traders and dealmakers bruised by intense banker bashing believe an Asian city will take over as the world’s dominant financial centre within 10 years, according to a survey. They also...
Category: Asia
North Korean leader seeks trip to China for economic help
(Reuters) – North Korea’s young leader wants a state visit to China in the latest move in his push to lift the isolated state out of decades of poverty, but risks further fraying ties with his...
‘China real target for US missile shield in Asia’
Not satisfied with its missile shield in Europe – Washington has announced plans for a similar weapons system in Asia. A Pentagon official pointed at a perceived threat from North Korea as the main...
Philippines’ black market is China’s golden connection
(Reuters) – Erich Mulato walked out of a dingy workshop in this mountain village and into a gold shop next door, clutching a handful of shiny warm nuggets newly refined from the ore he...
China & Japan island conflict could “Spiral out of control” with U.S. in the middle
The US is watching nervously as tensions rise between China & Japan.
French tourists guilty in Sri Lanka over Buddha photos
A Sri Lankan court has given suspended jail terms to three French tourists for wounding the religious feelings of Buddhists by taking pictures deemed insulting. Two women and one man were detained in the...
Japan, China Islands Fight Ramps Up After ‘Illegal’ Landings
Protests have broken out in China following the actions of a Japanese group. Sky News has the story. “Japanese activists have landed on a group of disputed islands at the center of a territorial row...
Japan arrests pro-China activist swimmers in island row
Japanese police have arrested 14 pro-China activists who landed on disputed islands, reports say. The group had sailed from Hong Kong to the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, followed...
Rep raises alarm after murders by illegals blocked from deportation by home countries
Long after they were ordered out of the country, thousands of criminal aliens from places like China, Cuba, Vietnam and Pakistan remain free in the United States to commit new crimes because their home...
South Korea’s Lee Myung-bak visits disputed islands
South Korea’s president has visited islands also claimed by Japan, in a move set to raise diplomatic tensions. Lee Myung-bak flew to the islands, which are known as Dokdo in South Korea and as...
