The New Zealand government tourism agency has set in place the third stage of a unique three- pronged campaign to win more high-spending, long-staying Chinese visitors to the country.
An estimated 30,000 people may have been displaced due to the eruption of fighting between the Mali government and the rebel group, Ansar Dine, in central and northern parts of the country last week, the United Nations said here Monday.
"The financial system has to focus on serving the manufacturing sector, service, urbanization, agriculture and the aging population."
Asked which region or country they thought offered the best returns, audience members at the “Asian Financial Forum”, which kicked off on Jan the 14th in Hong Kong, voted 48.9 per cent for China, 30.2 per cent for Southeast Asia, 10 per cent for the United States, 7.6 per cent for India and 3.3 per cent for Western.
A former housing administration official in central China's Henan Province who was found owning 31 houses by an online whistle-blower has been arrested, local authorities announced on Monday.
China will increase nine to ten times the quota of Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (RQFII) in 2013, Guo Shuqing, head of China's top security watchdog said on Monday in Hong Kong.
Reformers across the world identify with ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's leading role in Latin America, Nicaraguan Vice President Omar Halleslevens said Sunday.
Syrian media said Sunday that scores of armed rebels were killed nationwide during clashes with army troops, as the Syrian parliament were working to prepare for a national dialogue among all spectra of the Syrian people.
Greek Coast Guard recovered on Sunday the corpses of three illegal migrants and rescued three survivors at the eastern Aegean Sea.
Egypt's Court of Cassation's decision to accept an appeal by ousted ex-President Hosni Mubarak and his former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli on Sunday, increases the chances for their release, experts say.
As much as 50 percent of all food produced around the world ends up as waste, a new report said on Thursday.
Thursday marked a bloody day for Pakistan as four blasts rocked the country, leaving at least 116 people killed and 235 others injured.
Zhang Xiaoming, the new director of Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong spoke with the local media for the first time on Wed, saying that his office would fulfill its given responsibilities and never "rule Hong Kong".
Philippine and Japanese foreign ministers agreed Thursday to enhance maritime security cooperation.
Continuing milatary attacks on ethnic Kachin rebels by Myanmar government have raised the conersn of China and the international community over the region's stability.
Specific stocks will drive the market in 2013 with their strong pricing power, a fund manager said on Tuesday. Non-banking financials, IT sector and domestic consumption are promising investment themes in a long run, added Agnes Deng, head of Hong Kong China Equities of Baring Asset Management (Asia) Ltd, a British fund manager.
Governments in southern China are struggling to aid the homeless and repair infrastructure amid persistent cold weather that has brought the lowest temperatures recorded in 28 years.
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