Posts Tagged China

As yen falls, goods from Japan are more affordable

In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, people are reflected on the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index has returned more than 40 percent so far in 2013, to roughly 14,000. No other major stock index is even close. The U.S. Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, for instance, has delivered a terrific first four months. It's up 14 percent. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Attention, bargain-hunters around the world: Japanese goods — from cars to televisions — are going on sale.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Iran’s Farhadi and China’s Jia make Cannes splash

From left, producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy, actress Berenice Bejo, actress Pauline Burlet, actress Jeanne Jestin, director Asghar Farhadi, actor Elyes Aguis, actor Tahar Rahim, actor Ali Mosaffa and actress Sabrina Ouazani pose for photographers as they arrive for the screening of the film The Past at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/David Azia, Pool)

CANNES, France (AP) — Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday — one exploring China’s social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human heart.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Beckham’s role after retirement to remain global

This is a Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006 file photo of Real Madrid's David Beckham, left, as he congratulates  goalscorer Zinedine Zidane  during their Spanish league soccer match against Sevilla  at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain.  David Beckham is retiring from soccer after the season, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United. The 38-year-old Englishman recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain. He said in a statement Thursday May 16, 2013  he is "thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level." (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

PARIS (AP) — After David Beckham’s long and distinguished soccer career ends on an artificial turf field in northwestern France, his life promises to be perhaps even more glamorous than it already has been.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders

In this Tuesday, May 14, 2013 photo, workers are silhouetted at a construction site of a residential project in Rizhao city in east China's Shandong province. President Xi Jinping and other leaders have pledged to make the economy more productive but have yet to make clear how far they will go in curbing the dominance of state industry and making other changes reform advocates say are required. It is a politically thorny challenge but reform might be driven by slowing growth and concern about tensions due to a lack of new jobs. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

BEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan’s business making toy animals.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Arctic states open council to China, India, Korea

KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Arctic states agreed Wednesday to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth’s north to become observers to their diplomatic council, boosting rising economic powers China, India and South Korea, which are seeking to mine the region for its untapped energy and other natural resources.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,