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Chinese premier arrives in India for talks

Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2013 07:15
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday afternoon on the first stop of his maiden foreign trip, for talks on issues ranging from an unresolved border dispute to a festering trade-imbalance. Li, who brought with him a large Chinese delegation, will hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday and meet other Indian leaders including from the main opposition BJP party, foreign ministry officials said. Sonia Gandhi, chief of India's ruling Congress party, will also meet the Chinese leader, they added.

S. Korea, China slam Japan leaders' perception of history

Kyodo News InternationalMay 9, 2013 06:11
South Korea and China repeated calls Thursday for Japanese leaders to have a correct recognition of history, criticizing Japanese Cabinet members' recent visits to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine. "To have a correct recognition of the history is easy to do. It's just to admit misdeeds and not to repeat those misdeeds," South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai Young told a press briefing in Seoul.

Young, suburban and mainly from Asia: Canada's immigrant population surges

The Canadian PressMay 8, 2013 09:39
OTTAWA - The debut of Canada's controversial census replacement survey shows there are more foreign-born people in the country than ever before, at a proportion not seen in almost a century. They're young, they're suburban, and they're mainly from Asia, although Africans are arriving in growing numbers. But the historical comparisons are few and far between in the National Household Survey, which Statistics Canada designed — at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's behest — to replace the cancelled long-form census of the past.

Exclusive: EU to propose duties on Chinese solar panels

May 7, 2013 12:54
By Robin Emmott and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's trade chief will recommend placing punitive import duties on billions of euros of solar panels from China, people close to the matter say, putting up a barrier to protect European producers but risking upsetting Beijing. The case, the biggest the Commission has ever targeted, highlights the balancing act facing Brussels as Europe tries to protect against cheap imports while needing China, the EU's second largest trading partner, to help it emerge from recession.

Japanese traders return from holiday in buoyant mood, sending Nikkei up to 5-year highs

The Canadian PressMay 7, 2013 01:30
LONDON - Japanese stocks outperformed all others Tuesday as traders in the country returned from a public holiday in buoyant mood, sending the Nikkei index above 14,000 for the first time in nearly five years. The Nikkei surged 3.6 per cent to 14,180.24 on its first day of trading following the Golden Week holiday — that's the first time the Nikkei has breached the 14,000 mark since June 2008.

CORRECTED: Japan, China, S. Korea to cooperate on air pollution

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 10:46
Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to cooperate in the fight against cross-border air pollution, despite strained relations between the neighbours because of territorial disputes. The annual ministerial environmental meeting in Kitakyushu, southern Japan, on Sunday and Monday, came after acrid haze blanketing swathes of China earlier this year sparked health warnings in Japan as the smog spread across the ocean. The meeting agreed the launch of a new forum to share information on environmental policy and technology, according to a joint statement.

Japan, China, S. Korea to share info on air pollution through panel

Kyodo News InternationalMay 6, 2013 08:01
Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to share information on cross-border pollution, including hazardous particulate matter measuring below 2.5 microns, through a trilateral working-level panel. In a joint statement adopted after their two-day talks in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, the environment ministers of the three countries said they will set up the panel to hold periodic strategic dialogue to facilitate measures against air pollution.

Japan, China, S. Korea to cooperate on air pollution

Agence France-PresseMay 6, 2013 06:00
Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday to cooperate in the fight against cross-border air pollution, despite strained relations between the neighbours because of territorial disputes. The annual ministerial environmental meeting in Kitakyushu, southern Japan, on Sunday and Monday, came after acrid haze blanketing swathes of China earlier this year sparked health warnings in Japan as the smog spread across the ocean. The meeting agreed the launch of a new forum to share information on environmental policy and technology, according to a joint statement.

Indonesia's economic growth slows to still robust 6 per cent in the first quarter

The Canadian PressMay 6, 2013 05:30
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's economic growth slowed to a still robust 6 per cent in the first quarter of the year as business investment weakened and mining output decreased. Statistics Indonesia said Monday that the growth rate was down from 6.1 per cent in the final quarter of 2012. Indonesia is Southeast Asia's largest economy with annual gross domestic product of almost $1 trillion.

Japan, China, S. Korea to launch panel to address PM2.5 air pollution

Kyodo News InternationalMay 5, 2013 21:15
Japan, China and South Korea basically agreed Sunday to create a trilateral panel of high-ranking officials to address cross-border air pollution, including hazardous particulate matter measuring below 2.5 microns, a Japanese government source said. The agreement was reached at a two-day meeting of environment ministers in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan. Such annual meetings have been held since 1999.
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