All posts tagged "China"

  • This Saturday, April 11, 2015 photo shows a counterfeit Tiffany & Co., website on a computer monitor in Beijing. In 2014, Tiffany sued to shut at least 199 new counterfeiting websites, but another generation of copycats has already sprung up. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
    Chinese banks a haven for web counterfeits: AP Exclusive

    SHANGHAI (AP) — Kim Sbarcea knew exactly what she wanted. She typed “Tiffany Elsa Peretti mesh earrings” into Google and chanced upon a pair of the $450 earrings for — deal of deals! — $32. The website,...

    • Posted May 7, 2015
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  • Yang Hyong-sop, vice president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
    N. Korean official calls ties with China ‘precious treasure’

    BEIJING, May 7 (Yonhap) — A top North Korean official has touted his country’s traditional alliance with China as a “precious treasure” amid concerns over chilling ties due to the North’s nuclear ambition. Yang Hyong-sop, vice president...

    • Posted May 7, 2015
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    China’s growing trade power hurting S. Korean exports

    SEJONG, May 5 (Yonhap) – China’s growing competitiveness in international trade is causing South Korean exports to lose market share, which can spell trouble for Asia’s fourth-largest economy, a report said Tuesday. Chinese products with good export...

    • Posted May 5, 2015
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  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Thursday, April 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)
    Chinese media slams Abe for no apology on war atrocities

    BEIJING, May 1 (Yonhap) — China’s state-run media Friday stepped up criticism against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who stopped short of apologizing for Japan’s wartime atrocities in a speech to the U.S. Congress. In the landmark...

    • Posted May 1, 2015
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  • A barbed-wire fence on the North Korean-Chinese border (Yonhap)
    N. Korean army deserters kill 3 Chinese citizens: Chinese media

    BEIJING, April 29 (Yonhap) — Three North Koreans believed to be army deserters killed three Chinese citizens in the border city of Helong last week, a Chinese media reported Wednesday, but China’s foreign ministry did not confirm...

    • Posted April 29, 2015
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  • Kim Jong-un (KCNA/Yonhap)
    China seeks N. Korea’s cooperation in $40 billion Silk Road initiative

    BEIJING, April 24 (Yonhap) — China has asked North Korea to join its ambitious Silk Road project to revive the ancient trade route between Asia and Europe. Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, made the request...

    • Posted April 24, 2015
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    S. Korea eyes huge influx of Chinese during May Day holiday

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — About 100,000 Chinese are expected to visit South Korea during the upcoming May Day holiday, having the local hospitality scene and retailers ready to embrace them, the state tourism agency here said Thursday. The...

    • Posted April 22, 2015
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