Fitch maintains positive ratings for China Bank | International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed the long-term national rating, issuer-default rating (IDR) and individual rating of China Banking Corp. | China Bank is a banking unit of the SM G... SBMA inks sister port pact with Guangxi, China | The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has signed a sister port pact with Guangxi, China to establish mutually beneficial relationships with major economic growth centers in the Asia Pacific region. | Th... DFA's helping hand | The Philippines is sending another overly large delegation to the Beijing Olympics in less than two weeks. Silently helping behind the scenes is the Department of Foreign Affairs, which regularly facilitates ... Rio Tinto's ERA uranium goes to China | ENERGY Resources of Australia has signed what is believed to be the first deal to export Australian uranium to China. | The contract is for a small one-off shipment in the fourth quarter, a spokeswoman for Ri... Olympic dream over for Iraqis | BAGHDAD: Four years after Iraq's Olympic team drew a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony of the Athens Games, the war-torn country's athletes have been told they are not welcome in Beijing. | The Internat... Blast rips hole in Qantas jet over South China Sea | DEBRIS flew past passengers as air was sucked out of an ageing Melbourne-bound Qantas jumbo jet after a mid-air explosion ripped a gaping hole in its fuselage and plunged the plane into a 20,000ft emergency d... Nelson's climate gamble | BRENDAN Nelson wants to confront the Rudd Government by opposing the launch of any Australian emissions trading scheme until the world's big emitters agree to serious climate change action. | The Opposition L... Cyclists face new nemesis | "I KNOW a lot of people are talking about the Poms and they've certainly put some runs on the board but remember this: nothing's better for an Aussie than beating the Poms, at anything." Brett Lancaster, one ... China creates Fortress Beijing | THE Chinese Government is unleashing the equivalent of Mao Zedong's "people's warfare" against potential troublemakers who may spoil the Beijing Olympic Games as its great showcase. | Its pre-Olympic focus on... Jankovic plays ace in bid to trump Ivanovic | JELENA JANKOVIC rode her improved serve to a 6-3 6-2 victory over Melinda Czink of Hungary in the East West Bank Classic yesterday, keeping the top-seeded Serb on course to take over the No1 ranking. | Jankov... Make the pain go away | IN the world of Batman, it has been quite the week. Off camera, actor Christian Bale was arrested in London for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister, while in Los Angeles police hauled a man out of the ... The qi to success | IN the grey stillness of pre-dawn, I follow the silent figures ghosting down Beijing's long avenues towards the Temple of Heaven. | ... Journey to the heartland | IT'S in Shanghai that we first see the Yangtze River, its brown, business-like appearance betraying nothing of its exotic origins. | ... Distant markets | YUNNAN is my favourite province in all China. Driving for hundreds of kilometres on twisting roads through its mountainous northwest, I find a magical, natural environment, which is a pleasant surprise after ... Wild China | Wild China | (Random House, $59.95) | BEFORE this book, everything I'd read about China's wildlife was gloom and doom. | But Wild China, based on the BBC television series shown on the ABC recently, tells a m... Climate of cynicism | THE politics of climate change has entered a new phase with Liberal leader Brendan Nelson's belief that the climate change wheel has turned against the Rudd Government, a judgment that will be decisive for Ne... Infamy or beautiful friendship | IT is a high ambition of the Rudd Government to greatly deepen Australia's engagement with India. Well, it is about to get the opportunity to do just that. This week, the Indian parliament passed a momentousl... Price of business the issue when China comes shopping | CHINA has a stupendous $US1800 billion ($1880 billion) in foreign reserves, a big chunk of it parked in US Treasury bonds that have lost their relative value dramatically because of the steady rise of the Chi... Screws tighten on persecuted sect | HELEN, a university graduate who speaks English and another European language fluently, lives in poverty in a rundown apartment block in a Chinese city we cannot identify to protect her. | The flats on either... US indigenous business model to be tried here | A 35-YEAR-OLD US model for developing African-American and Native American businesses is being considered by the Federal Government as an answer to the economic disadvantage of indigenous Australians. | The U... Medicine for the team spirit | Regardless of the air quality in Beijing next month, Peter Baquie will not breathe easy. As head doctor of the Melbourne AFL club Hawthorn, Baquie ministers to a team widely tipped to reach this year's grand ... Johnson's painful journey | SHE remembers running barefoot in the saltwater, just ankle deep, trying to keep up with the long lopes of her dad. | Benita Johnson grew up learning how to race on the Mackay beach and it was her pacemaker, ... Australia, this team is sure to make you proud | WE ARE close now. After a good hit-out in Melbourne in the 400 metres and 800 metres short-course events last Sunday, I went home, had a good meal with the in-laws, packed my bags and headed to the airport fo... Import receipts in May rise on soaring costs of oil, rice By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter | PHILIPPINE imports in May rose to double-digit owing to soaring costs of fuel and rice purchases abroad, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported Friday. | The NSO said th... Thai-Cambodia crisis underscores Asean's weakness By Sarah Stewart | SINGAPORE: Asean's failure to come to grips with the brewing Thai-Cambodia border conflict at ministerial talks here has underlined the organization's inability to take action during a crisis...
Rio Tinto's ERA uranium goes to China The Australian| ENERGY Resources of Australia has signed what is believed to be the first deal to export Australian uranium ...
Olympic dream over for Iraqis The Australian| BAGHDAD: Four years after Iraq's Olympic team drew a roaring ovation at the opening ceremony of the Athens G...
Cyclists face new nemesis The Australian| "I KNOW a lot of people are talking about the Poms and they've certainly put some runs on the board but reme...
China creates Fortress Beijing The Australian| THE Chinese Government is unleashing the equivalent of Mao Zedong's "people's warfare" against potential tro...
Wild China The Australian| Wild China | (Random House, $59.95) | BEFORE this book, everything I'd read about China's wildlife was gloom...
Screws tighten on persecuted sect Canberra Times| HELEN, a university graduate who speaks English and another European language fluently, lives in poverty in ...
Medicine for the team spirit Canberra Times| Regardless of the air quality in Beijing next month, Peter Baquie will not breathe easy. As head doctor of t...
Chinese scramble for final Games tickets Canada Dot Com| BEIJING - Unwashed, unfed and lacking sleep, tens of thousands of Chinese shouted, pushed and shoved for the...
China paper censored for Tiananmen photo Fresno Bee| BEIJING (AP) An aggressive tabloid newspaper has had its Web site censored and could face further punishment...
China paper censored for Tiananmen photo The News & ObserverBEIJING - An aggressive tabloid newspaper has had its Web site censored and could face further punishment by C...
China paper censored for Tiananmen photo The Charlotte ObserverBy ANITA CHANG | Associated Press Writer | Related Content | BEIJING -- | An aggressive tabloid newspaper has ...
