The entanglement of H.J. Heinz Co. in China's latest food scare highlights a key concern for international and local firms - how to keep track of ingredients from diverse sources in a country where food supply tracing technologies are far from the norm.
China has welcomed Vietnam's decision to compensate the victims of the anti-China protests in May, a move aimed at removing a thorn that has hurt relations between the two countries for months.
In his written response to questions provided by Reuters over China's recent deployment of an oil rig in one of areas Vietnam has claimed as theirs, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung mentioned mulling over legal actions aside from various measures to defend its territorial claim, GMA News reported.
The government of China has reacted strongly to an unsealed indictment by the US Justice Department accusing five Chinese military men of economic espionage, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Without mentioning China, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations said in a statement yesterday that all parties involved in the territorial claim disputes in Asia should adopt self-restraint to avoid escalating tensions.
The China News Service said that a man named Li was sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking the country's military secrets to foreign spy organizations under the guidance of a foreign spy named "Feige."
A maritime court ordered the seizure of a Japanese ship to serve as compensation for the losses sustained by a Chinese company before the Second World War.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) said in hindsight at a recent budgetary meeting that the board and Chinese regulators are close to securing an agreement wherein US inspectors will be reviewing audits made by the Chinese accounting firms, including the local units of PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.
Celebrations welcoming in the 2014 year are already underway in countries like Australia, New Zealand, and countries throughout Asia, like Indonesia, Singapore and China
The Apple company says it will investigate claims that 23-year-old Chinese woman Ma Ailun, a fomer flight attendant, had been electrocuted when she tried to answer a call on her iPhone, which killed her. The phone was plugged into a wall and had been charging.
A strong earthquake hit a remote and largely rural area in southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, which killed at least 156 and injuring about 5,500 people. The earthquake, the worst in China in three years, happened in Lushan county near Ya'An city whose epicenter had a depth of 12 km, or 7.5 miles.
Officials in the Obama administration have addressed "serious concern" with China's alleged cyber-hacking, reporting that China's People's Liberation Army had stolen date from 115 U.S. companies over seven years.
A Beijing court today sentenced 10 men to prison for staffing an illegal "black jail." Those apprehended will spend between six months and two years for their crimes.
