Consensus sought with US on governance of Internet
2014-10-31 05:29:46
Beijing wants agreements with Washington at an upcoming global summit on how the Internet should be governed.
Int'l conference conducive to building consensus on Afghanistan
2014-10-31 02:25:05
Liu Jieyi, Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations briefed reporters at the UN on the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan held in Beijing on Thursday.
Apple's Tim Cook says 'proud to be gay'
2014-10-30 23:04:28
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that he is "proud to be gay", publicly acknowledging his sexuality and becoming the most prominent executive of a public comment to come out as gay.
Tim Cook: 'I'm proud to be gay'
2014-10-30 20:00:11
The public declaration, in an essay written for Bloomberg Businessweek, makes Apple CEO the highest-profile business CEO to come out as gay.
Lenovo wraps up purchase of Motorola phone unit
2014-10-30 19:46:36
Lenovo Group has announced the completion of its acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google Inc in a move aimed at making the Chinese computer maker a global smartphone brand.
US student charged in Fiji for Facebook threatening
2014-10-30 17:23:25
A 22-year-old United States student, who allegedly used Facebook to lure a Fijian girl into sending explicit photos to intimidate her, has appeared in court in Fiji.
Fathers of missing Mexican students blast president
2014-10-30 16:42:26
Angry fathers of 43 Mexican students missing for the past month turned on President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday, accusing his government of deceit, fostering impunity and bungling the search for their sons.
Samsung Electronics' Q3 profit falls 60% on sluggish mobile business
2014-10-30 15:54:20
Samsung Electronics said Thursday that its third-quarter operating profit fell 60 percent from a year earlier on sluggish mobile phone business amid fiercer competition.
Chinese train makers to reunite for global market
2014-10-30 15:19:46
China's top two train makers will merge after a 14-year split to explore the global market for their high-speed railway technology, analysts said.
California to strengthen its ties to China
2014-10-30 11:44:33
It is often said that if California were a country, it would have the world's eighth-largest GDP. The Golden State is certainly doing business like a country when it comes to trade with China.
Pain lingers from Chinese couple's murder
2014-10-30 11:44:33
The conviction of a man in the first-degree murders of a young Chinese couple is not enough to ease the pain of the victims' friends and families.
Mixed bag for China as US Fed ends QE stimulus
2014-10-30 11:44:33
As expected, the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday ended its long running bond-buying stimulus program, and analysts said that China's economy has responded well to the long anticipated phase out of the program that pumped money into the US economy.