Jan 5 (Reuters) - China shares reversed early gains to close lower for a second-straight session on Thursday, the lowest level since March 2009, as investors unwound positions in growth-sensitive sectors after a survey suggested growth remained subdued in the mainland.
The HSBC China services...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said business conditions may be relatively difficult this quarter and monetary policy will be fine-tuned as needed. We see downside pressure on our economy and elevated inflation at the same time, Wen said during a two-day trip to Hunan province, according to a...
Hong Kong (CNN) - Fears that China could soon be facing its own Lehman-style banking meltdown are being fueled by a National Audit Office report which found 531 billion yuan (US$84 billion) worth of irregularities in local government debt.
According to the Chinese government website...
BEIJING At least 18 people were killed, including one child, after a speeding, overloaded tourist bus veered off an icy highway bridge in southwest China, local authorities said Thursday.
The 53-seat bus -- packed with 57 people -- plunged off the bridge in Guizhou province on Wednesday...
Jan 5 (Reuters) - A computerised ticketing system in China that was created to help millions of migrant workers buy train tickets home for the Chinese New Year holiday crashed within minutes of its launch, angering thousands of Chinese on Thursday.
The tickets went on sale through the Internet...
(Reuters) - A factory in southern China is being investigated after reports it sold tons of adulterated cooking oil, which was possibly sold to makers of hugely popular instant noodles, the latest in a series of food safety scandals to hit the country.
Officials from the Yong Long factory in...
An illegal immigration agent reportedly set on fire seven Pakistanis who he had smuggled to Turkey, Express 24/7 reported on Monday. The agent allegedly burnt the illegal immigrants to death over what appears to be a financial dispute.
Two of the seven bodies have arrived in Pakistan...
JAKARTA: Indonesia has arrested a Pakistani man wanted by Australia for smuggling illegal immigrants into the country, police commissioner Budi Santoso told AFP on Wednesday.
Sajjad Hussain Noor was arrested at his Jakarta apartment on Tuesday, said Santoso who heads Indonesias anti-people...
The whole world is after Pakistanis, no one wants to see them happy. Pakistanis can only convince them self with their bs excuses, no one else is going to buy it.
So many British Pakistanis live on welfare payment, yet have so many babies. And if thats not enough British Pakistani kids are 13...