Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said here Monday that Hong Kong, with its distinctive advantages, can be a "super-connector" between the Chinese mainland and Southeast Asian countries in their development.
The least developed countries and developing countries will benefit specially from China's "Belt and Road" initiative, Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, advisor to the finance minister of Sri Lanka, said here Monday.
Indonesian Tourism Minister Arief Yahya said here on Monday that his country's new maritime vision could dovetail with China's "Belt and Road" initiative.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) resumed their vice ministers' talks on Saturday, the second day of such meeting that kicked off on Friday morning.
A"process of consultations will begin in the coming days" to discuss strategy for the resumption of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, said officials and diplomatic sources late Friday night.
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Friday announced its acquisition of the South China Morning Post (SCMP), a major English newspaper in China's Hong Kong.
South Korea's central bank on Thursday froze the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1.5 percent, keeping a wait-and-see stance for six straight months.
Japan's wholesale price declined in November for the eighth successive month, with prices for both exports and imports logging losses, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated here Wednesday the determination of the threeir countries to work for Afghanistan's peace process.
The term "sharing economy" has been chosen as Australia's word of the year 2015, the Australian National Dictionary Center announced on Wednesday.
South Korea and China agreed to implement the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on Dec. 20, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
The Japanese government said Wednesday that core machinery orders in private sector here jumped a seasonally adjusted 10.7 percent in October on month for the second straight monthly increase.
A Chinese-owned consortium seems to have survived a challenge from a rival Australian group contesting the purchase of Australia's oldest dairy company, after a judge dismissed an injunction order holding up the sale.