China Mobile Aims to Provide Global 4G Access for 2 Bil.

China Mobile will build over 500,000 TD-LTE 4G base stations to provide internet access for two billion people around the world by 2014.

Japanese Firms Tout Food Safety in Hong Kong

Japan's leading food brands are seeking a comeback in their top foreign food export market by staging an exhibition in Hong Kong's convention center this ...

Proview's iPad Suit Threatened by Bankruptcy Petition

An impatient creditor's involuntary bankruptcy suit threatens to end Shenzhen Proview's lawsuit against Apple for using the IPAD name, according to Shenzhen Special Zone Daily.

Toyota Aims to Sell 1 Mil. Hybrids in China in 2012

Toyota Motors China hopes to sell 1 million green cars in China this year as part of its global goal of deriving 20% of its ...

Jessica Mah Seeks to Hook Small Businesses on Her Mint

73 Korean-American Lawyers Hired by Apple's Law Firms

An indication of how much the epic patent litigation between Samsung and Apple is likely to heat up is the number of Korean-speaking legal staff ...

Apple Unlikely to Catch Samsung in China

A hardware incompatibility due to Apple's strategy of standardizing its product offerings across the world will keep it from matching Samsung's dominant share of China's ...

Korean CEOs Go Abroad to Recruit Top Talent

This is the seventh year that LG Chem CEO Kim Ban-seok has visited the United States in search of employees, holding another recruitment fair at ...

Used Car Sales Surpass New Cars in S. Korea

In 2011 S. Koreans bought 2.32 million used cars to only 1.6 million new cars, with the average price of used cars rising to 7 ...

Korea Takes Over Battery Leadership from Japan

Samsung SDI's strong growth and a recent surge by LG Chem have given Korea its first lead over Japan's Panasonic and Sony in the global ...

US Executives Fret About Rising Costs, Slowing Growth in China

US executives doing business in China are worried about rising labor costs, slowing growth and unfair treatment from Beijing but continue to see the country ...

Buffet Enters China's Surging Business Jet Market

Warren Buffet's NetJets has partnered with Chinese private equity firm Hony Capital and Fung Capital to tap China's exploding demand for business and private jets, ...

China Firms Suffer Declining Profits in Early 2012

Profits at China's industrial firms fell an average of 5.2% on year during the first two months of 2012, according the National Bureau of Statistics. ...

Prada Posts Record Profits on Asia Strength

The Prada luxury fashion group announced record profits for 2011 of €431.9 million ($573.4 mil.), mainly due to surging sales in Asia. That represents a ...

China Becomes Top Player in German M&As

China has passed the US to become Germany's biggest foreign investor since last year. Chinese firms are currently involved in 20 mergers and acquisitions in ...

China Said to Be Planning $315 Bil. Stimulus Package

China is preparing to pump 2 trillion yuan (US$315 billion) into another economic stimulus packages, according to a Credit Suisse report.

China to Overtake US in Online Retail Sales in 2013

China will replace the US as the world's leading online retail market in 2013, according to an official forecast Tuesday by the Ministry of Commerce.

China Slips Below S. Korea in Competitiveness Rankings

China slipped below S. Korea in world competitiveness rankings but both nations remain above Japan which had been the world's most competitive nation 23 years ...

China Firms Show Voracious Appetite for Bargains in West

China's outbound direct investments (ODI) surged 72.8% to $23.16 billion during the first four months of this year over the same period last year, according ...

Suntory, Asahi Maneuver for Alliance with Tsingtao

Suntory Holdings Ltd., Japan's top beverage maker, is in tieup talks with China's Tsingtao Brewery as a way to expand sales in China, said inside ...

Panasonic to Rescue Scandal- Hit Olympus with $630 Mil.

Panasonic Corp. has agreed to provide up to ¥50 billion ($630 mil.) to rescue scandal-ridden Olympus Corp. and become its biggest shareholder, according to inside ...

A Third of China's City Folks Own Smartphones

Among those living in China's cities, a third own a smartphone, with two thirds of them being used to surf the Web daily, according to ...

China's Outbound Direct Investment May Hit $2 Tril. by 2020

China's outbound foreign direct investment (ODI) could reach a total of $2-trillion by 2020, according to a report by US-based research firm Rhodium Group.

Chip Wafer Demand Outstrips Taiwan Semi's Capacity

Surging demand for energy-efficient chips for smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile devices is exceeding the capacity of Taiwan Semiconductor to manufacture wafers used for ...

Rise of Budget Carriers Drive Asia Air Traffic Growth

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific are expected to lead the world's regions in profits this year, and much of it will be reaped by the new ...

China to Revive Cash-for-Clunkers Program in 2012

China is reviving its cash-for-clunkers program to boost slowing auto sales growth and its efforts to cut auto emissions, the Ministry of Finance announced Thursday.

China to Boost Consumption by Improving Logistics

As a key part of its effort to stimulate consumer spending China will introduce “concrete measures” to improve logistics efficiency and cut costs, said former ...

Jack Ma Prepares for IPO by Taking Alibaba.com Private

Alibaba Group chairman Jack Ma completed the privatization of the ownership of its leading subsidiary Alibaba.com by having its shares delisted from the Hong Kong ...

Samsung Galaxy S3 Dominates Europe Smartphone Sales

Samsung's new Galaxy S3 smart phone has won top reviews in all five European markets in which it was launched on May 28, the company ...

Lucy Koh Blocks US Sales of Samsung's Older Tablets

District Judge Lucy Koh has granted Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction against sales in the US of the 10.1 version of Samsung's Galaxy Tab ...

Japan's Auto Output Soared 61% in May

Japan's eight top carmakers built 740,626 vehicles at their domestic plants in May, 60.8% more than the same month last year, according to data from ...