”China” News

Hopes rise for China 3G

Shares in China 's state-controlled but Hong Kong -listed fixed-line telecoms companies jumped on Monday on reports that the government might grant them mobile licences "at an early date".
11 20 2007 12:55PM (...more)

Vodafone sees China growth

Vodafone is seeking to increase its presence in China through a government-led restructuring of the country's telecommunications industry.
11 19 2007 3:28PM (...more)

China to grant fixed-line telecom operators mobile licences: report

BEIJING (AFP) - China will soon allow its fixed-line telecom operators to venture into the faster-growing mobile market, state media reported Sunday, citing a senior official.
11 19 2007 7:57AM (...more)

Time to Dump the 'One-China' Policy?

If you are puzzled by what is known as the "one-China" policy, please take a number-a very high number-and go stand in a long, long line. Put another way, if you were to put five people in a room and ask them to define the "one-China" policy, when they came out you would get eight different answers.
11 6 2007 1:54AM (...more)

Chinese bank eyeing Bear Stearns

BEIJING (AFP) - China 's CITIC Bank may bid for US investment bank Bear Stearns, a Wall Street icon tracing its roots back to the 1920s, a Chinese government official said Tuesday.
10 16 2007 10:05PM (...more)

US-Chinese joint venture in financial services launched

CHICAGO (AFP) - US and Chinese investors Wednesday launched what was touted as the first American financial services group jointly owned by a Chinese company, aiming to work on cross-border mergers and private equity deal.
10 4 2007 6:14AM (...more)

China projects naval power in pirate fight

BEIJING – China's dispatch of two warships to help battle Somalian pirates has drawn an ambivalent global reaction – a sign of the decidedly mixed feelings toward its bid for big-power status. Two destroyers and a supply ship steamed out of a southern Chinese port
12 30 2008 11:17PM (...more)

China's Changes In Telecom Sector Start Taking Hold

China forged ahead with the restructuring of its telecom market Monday, as China Unicom , the country's No. 2 mobile phone company , agreed to buy China Netcom Group for $23.8 billion in stock and to sell off part of its wireless business to China Telecom for $15.9 billion.
06 3 2008 3:51PM (...more)

China Eastern-Singapore tie-up rejected

HONG KONG - A bid by Singapore Airlines for a stake in China 's third-largest carrier was rejected by shareholders Tuesday in a battle with a Chinese rival that highlights intense competition in a fast-growing aviation market.
01 9 2008 5:10AM (...more)

Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China

On the evening of Nov. 15, President Barack Obama , the youthful leader of one of the world's youngest countries, begins his first visit to China , among the world's most ancient
11 17 2009 7:51PM (...more)