BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese share prices recorded mixed performances Tuesday as new market heavyweight PetroChina slumped just over nine percent, causing the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China Railway Construction Corporation, the world's seventh largest construction contractor, has been approved as a promoter to establish the China Railway Construction Com
HONG KONG, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A Hong Kong official said that Hong Kong is well positioned to serve as the global commerce and financial center in the Asian time zone, according to a press release from
BAGHDAD, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military said on Tuesday it would release nine Iranians detained in Iraq in recent months, including the two among the five captured earlier this year in Arbil, ca
Special report: Pakistani Situation A paramilitary soldier stands guard on a street in Karachi Nov. 5, 2007. Pakistani police used teargas and batons on Monday against lawyers protesting at President
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has decided to reevaluate the necessity of maintaining anti-dumping duties imposed four years ago on coated art paper imported from the R
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese banks had issued more than 1.3 billion debit, credit and semi-credit cards by the end of September, roughly one for every person in China, according to China UnionP
Democratic Party leader Ichiro Ozawa smiles at a news conference after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda in Tokyo Nov. 2, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Photo Gallery>>&g
BUCHAREST, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Romanian President Traian Basescu called on the Romanian political class on Sunday to show the utmost responsibility and to refrain from making any statements that might
Pakistan's government is committed to holding national elections but is undecided when, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday, a day after it imposed emergency rule to deal with rising militancy