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China refutes Australia's claim on moves in Pacific region

ChinaonWednesdayrejectedanAustralianofficial'sclaimonChina'smovesinthePacificregion,andsaiditisfalse.ChineseForeignMinistryspokesmanGengShuangmadethecommentresp

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'Pacific Rim: Uprising' sets sights on 'Black Panther'

Freshfromhisconfirmationasthecrownprinceoffeel-goodfantasy,GuillermodelToroiscrankingthevolumeupto11asproducerofthesequeltosmash-'em-upblockbuster"PacificRim.""

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China slams Australian 'white elephant'

ChinaonWednesdaylodgedaformaldiplomaticprotestagainstaseniorAustralianministerwhohaddescribedBeijing’sinfrastructureprojectsinthePacificas“whiteelephants”whilec

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The world’s first and last places to welcome 2018

AsJanuary1nears,peoplearoundtheglobearepreparingtocelebratethenewyearintheirownway.Buttheworld'sdifferenttimezonesmeanstherewillbepartsoftheworldthatwelcome2018

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"China mark" shines in development of Asia-Pacific

Astheyearof2017iscomingtoanend,theAsia-Pacifichasremainedasthemostdynamicregionintheworlddespiteahostofchallenges,includingsecuritythreats,arisingtrendofde-glob

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Key words of 2017| China debate the “Indo-Pacific” in America's NSS

ByAPDwriterWangPengTheU.S.SecretaryofStateRexTillersonandPresidentDonaldTrumprepeatedlymentionedanotion“Indo-Chinese”intheirthreemajorspeecheswithinonemonth.Thi

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China slams ‘irresponsible’ language in Australian foreign policy paper

ChinahasslammedAustraliaoverthelanguageusedinitsforeignpolicywhitepaperthatisexplicitlycriticalandfearfulofBeijing’sriseasthedominantpowerinAsia-Pacificamidwani

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APD Review | China to lead APEC to enter a ‘new era’

ByAPDwriterWangPengThecurtainof25thAPECEconomicLeaders’MeetingheldinDaNang,Vietnamendedfalls,withgreatachievementsandexpectationsalloverAsia-Pacificregionandthe

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S. Korean leader advocates free trade, inclusive growth at APEC summit

SouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-inonSaturdaycalledforAsia-Pacificcountries'effortstopromotefreetradeandensurethateconomicgrowthbenefitsallpeople.Hemadetheremarksata

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APEC | US President Trump hits out at unfair trade in bilateral vision

USPresidentDonaldTrumponFridaytouted“mutuallybeneficialcommerce”throughbilateraldealsintheAsia-Pacificwhilehittingoutat“chronictradeabuses.”Trump,addressingtheA

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Pacific leaders to turn up heat on climate change

ClimatechangewilldominatediscussionswhentheleadersofvulnerablePacificnationsholdtheirannualmeetingintheSamoancapitalApiathisweek,withglobalwarmingthreateningthe

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Australia launches free trade negotiations with Pacific Alliance

Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo announced on Saturday that Australia has launched Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Pacific Alliance, the Latin American trading bloc made up of Mexico, Chile, Peru and Colombia.

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Pacific Alliance aims to expand to Asia Pacific

TheeconomictradeblocknownasthePacificAlliancewantstoopenitsdoorstonewpartners.Duringthegroup's12thPresidentialSummitheldonJune29and30,theparticipantsmadeclearth

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Ford set to cut workers in North America, Asia

Ford Motor Co. will cut 1,400 salaried workers in its North America and Asia Pacific operations by the end of September.

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ADB invests 1.5 mln USD for Fiji's presidency of COP23

SUVA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest 1.5 million U.S. dollars to assist Fiji's presidency of the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and join the Fijian government's COP23 Advisory Panel.

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Bangkok crowns most visited Asia-Pacific destination in 2017

BANGKOK, May 3 (APD) -- Bangkok remains the top destination in terms of visitor numbers out of 171 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region, the latest figures from the influential Mastercard Asia-Pacific Destinations Index 2017 showed.

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Financial innovation boosts Asia-Pacific bond market in 2017

The Asia Primary Market Forum was held by International Capital Market Association (ICMA) in Hong Kong on March 2. Representatives from financial institutions like major international commercial banks and investment banks were all rosy about the bond market in Asia-Pacific region in 2017 and particularly, reform and innovation in this region made development of the bond market more and more appealing to international investors.