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Bomb experts spent weeks pouring over bluleprints of the Zhuan-yang viaduct in Wuhan, in Heibei province, in a bid to work out how to bring the structure to the ground without leaving even a concrete slab standing.

When it comes to big-picture risks right now, one looms above all others: China. Jeff Reeves identifies the most vulnerable sectors.

Der französische Lebensmittelkonzern baut durch eine Kooperation mit Mengniu seine Präsenz in China weiter aus. 325 Millionen Euro fließen in die Beteiligung an dem Milchriesen, der schon mehrfach mit Skandalen kämpfte.

On his first foreign trip as China’s premier Li Keqiang says his country has reached a ‘strategic consensus’ with India despite a border spat

Jolla has finally taken the wraps off the smartphone hardware that will be paired with its "unlike" Sailfish UI. Being a startup is challenging enough in any business sector but Jolla is seeking to compete in the fiercely competitive smartphone space against Samsung and Apple. So it's hard not to dismiss their efforts as too late. But it's a lot harder to accuse them of...

La ministra de Fomento de España, Ana Pastor, dijo hoy en Brasil que su país prepara un consorcio de empresas públicas y privadas para competir en la primera licitación del futuro tren de alta velocidad entre Río de Janeiro y Sao Paulo, que será la primera vía de ese tipo en América Latina. Pastor señaló que España "tiene los requisitos para optar a un concurso...

China urges North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat and 16 crew seized by gun-wielding North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom.    

HONG KONG, May 20 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs launched on Monday a sale of about $1.1 billion worth of Hong Kong-traded shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, offering to sell its entire...

"The two sides should continue to advance negotiations on the boundary question and jointly maintain peace and tranquillity in the border area," the Chinese PM said.    

As China absorbs the news that quite a bit of its rice contains too much of the toxic metal cadmium, the state-run media are advising people to diversify the geographical sources of their food, to reduce risk.    

BRUSSELS - The latest tit-for-tat EU-China trade disputes could signal worse to come but both sides have a lot to lose if things get out of hand and harm the much-needed economic growth they seek, analysts said. In May alone, the two have locked horns over solar panels, steel tubes and telecoms equipment, sparking fears of a trade war between two of the world’s biggest...

SNC-Lavalin among bidders from China, South Korea and Spain; plant likely to cost $9-billion to $14-billion

Century Campus Morehouse College Atlanta, Georgia 12:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Morehouse!  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  Please be seated.  AUDIENCE MEMBER:  I love you! THE PRESIDENT:  I love you back.  (Laughter.)  That is why I am here.  I have to say that it is one of the great honors of my life to be able to address this...

India and China are expected to skirt the issue of a riparian agreement to manage the flow of river water in India from the sensitive Tibetan region, informed sources said on Sunday.    

Indian officials welcomed Prime Minister Li Keqiang for talks focused on economic ties, though a recent border dispute still resonates.    

The EU must go public with the results of human rights talks with China's leaders, and publish its own list of people known to be suffering persecution, Chen Guangcheng has demanded.    

President Obama on Sunday urged the graduates of historically black Morehouse College not to rely on "excuses" and to take responsibility for more than just themselves. "One of the things you've learned over the last four years is there's no longer any room for excuses," he told the Atlanta college's 500 male graduates, in a rare speech on what he sees as the obligations...

Tausende Arbeitsplätze gingen in den Vorjahren in der Ex-Hoffnungsbranche der Solarindustrie in Deutschland verloren. Nicht zuletzt wegen Billigkonkurrenz aus China. Jetzt will die EU Strafzölle verhängen. Doch das fürchtet die deutsche Industrie noch mehr als die Konkurrenz aus China.

Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and "anti-terrorism technology" trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China's huge internal security budget.

Terming as "an unpardonable mistake" the absence of Arunachal Pradesh from the Indian maps in the geography textbooks for Class X published by the Maharashtra secondary and higher education board, the state BJP said it will aggravate the border tension between India and China.    

El presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, confirmó sus planes de construir un canal interoceánico en este país y así se lo hizo saber recientemente a su colega de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, informó hoy el portal oficial El 19 Digital. Según el mandatario nicaragüense, comunicó sus intenciones a Obama durante su reunión con gobernantes del Sistema de Integración...

El presidente del Gobierno, Mariano Rajoy, participará el próximo jueves en Cali (Colombia) en la VII cumbre de la Alianza del Pacífico, la primera con presencia de los países que, como España, tienen en este foro la condición de observadores y en la que buscará vías de acceso a los mercados asiáticos. El Ejecutivo ha estado muy interesado en participar en esta...

JAKARTA  - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said Saturday. The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms (three pounds, four ounces) of...