Hong Kong (CNN Business)American Express just became the first US credit card company to get the green light to start building its own payments network in China. In every other market around the world, AmEx processes transactions through its own …
Hong Kong (CNN)From the jungles of Myanmar to the streets of Hong Kong, police throughout Asia are fighting a war against methamphetamine. By many indications, they’re losing. Demand for both crystal meth and yaba, tablets that typically contain a mixture …
Paris (CNN)The Chinese president of Interpol, the international police agency, has vanished. Meng’s wife went to police in Lyon, where Interpol is based, Thursday night to report his disappearance, according to a statement released by the French Interior Ministry on …
Beijing, China (CNN)There is growing realization — and fear — among Chinese officials in Beijing that US President Donald Trump could be serious in his promise to upend the types of bilateral relations they have become accustomed to in the …
Tokyo maintains Pyongyang poses serious and imminent threat to its security Japan is refusing to alter its hardline stance towards North Korea, claiming the regime poses a serious and imminent threat to its security, despite a lowering of regional tensions …
Shi Xuecheng faces allegations in 95-page dossier compiled by fellow Buddhist monks at Beijing monastery One of Chinas highest-ranking Buddhist monks faces a government investigation after he was accused of demanding sexual favours from nuns. Shi Xuecheng, the abbot at …
Pyongyang appears to be evading curbs with help of lax approach by China and Russia Without the spectre of imminent nuclear war, there is not much appetite for strict enforcement of international sanctions aimed at forcing North Korea to abandon …
From London to Sydney and Beijing to New York, house prices in some of the world’s most sought-after cities are heading south. Tax changes to damp demand, values out of kilter with affordability and tougher lending standards have combined to …
(CNN)China is using a massive international military competition as “a marketing and advertising show” to sell its weapons and military goods, as the country seeks to solidify its place as one of the world’s largest arms exporters. According to Chinese …
Germany’s trade surplus is likely to stay large no matter how hard Donald Trump tries to make it disappear. The U.S. president has accused his ancestral homeland — his grandfather was a German immigrant — of unfair trade practices and …
