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China
Capital spending in China retained its robust momentum in May, with latest data revealing that fixed asset investment rose 25.6% y-o-y in the first five months of the year. Meanwhile,...
2008-07-01China
In yet another indicator that underlying economic activity remains robust in China, car sales rose 15.59% y-o-y in May to 564,600 units, accelerating from annual growth of 10.83%...
2008-06-12South Korea
Street protests against the resumption of beef imports from the US turned violent over the weekend of June 28 and 29, underlining the growing tensions within South Korean politics...
2008-06-01According to the Taipei Times, Washington has denied a request by president-elect Ma Ying-jeou to visit the US before his inauguration on May 20. In the immediate aftermath of March...
2008-05-14China
Manufacturing activity in April, as measured by the purchasing managers' index (PMI), expanded at the fastest pace ever recorded, as new domestic orders soared to compensate for the...
2008-05-13South Korea
The National Assembly held a parliamentary hearing on May 12-13 to discuss the so-called KORUS free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, of which President Lee Myung-bak is seeking...
2008-05-13South Korea
Tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen in the past month as Pyongyang tested short-range missiles and expelled South Koreans from the inter-Korean business zone in Kaesong. We...
2008-04-11Vice president-elect Vincent Siew travelled to the Chinese island of Hainan on April 11 to attend a business forum, in what will be an initial gauge for the prospects of a rapprochement...
2008-04-11
