Years ago Cathay Pacific Airways urged Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway Corp to extend its Airport Express train schedule to 24 hours on the grounds that the city’s new airport at Chek Lap Kok remained open around the clock.
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The Elephant at the gate
Despite the China hoop-la, India is making business headlines, raising the question of whether the economic winds are shifting to India.
China issued a proposal on broad principles for ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program Saturday, seeking to accelerate the six-party talks aimed at establishing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. The Chinese draft was viewed as an attempt to consolidate the lowest common denominator of views that have been aired during five days of intense but thus […]
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Chinese 'night of shame'
A basketball game between China and visiting Puerto Rico was abandoned after it degenerated into a mass brawl that state media condemned as a "night of shame" that set a bad example for Beijing as the 2008 Olympic host. The fight broke out at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium Friday night after two Chinese players charged […]
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SAIC to build its own cars
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) is forging ahead to build its own cars in China, despite losing the bidding war for the remaining assets of UK-based MG Rover, the Financial Times reported. The company is set to invest US$444m in a new business that will develop, produce and sell the company's own vehicles and engines. […]