China cuts links with consulting firms in USReported move came shortly after Washington accused five Chinese PLA officers of cyberespionageTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Singapore-based Irish property firm raises €17.5mFocus on hotels and undermanaged propertiesTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
California dreaming becomes reality for 7,000 Chinese touristsDuring their visit, the group took 86 flights and stayed in 26 hotelsSat May 31 2014 - 01:00
China carries out mass sentencing in sport stadiumDefendants convicted of terrorism, separatism and murder in restive Xinjiang regionFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Thai military junta relaxes curfewCoup leaders distribute propaganda videos showing detaineesThu May 29 2014 - 00:01
Thai junta makes long-delayed payments to rice farmersGovernment had been unable to raise cash to pay growers who are owed billionsWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Thailand’s tourism industry a victim of military coupCountry is one of the world’s most visited tourist destinations, with arrivals last year at 26.7 million, up 20 per cent from the previous year, worth €54 billion annuallyTue May 27 2014 - 01:15
China claims it has broken up 23 terror and extremist groupsBeijing restates commitment to stamping out terrorism in XinjiangTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Thai coup leader receives king’s seal of approvalGen Prayuth Chan-ocha says goal is to restore peace and stabilityTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Thai protesters face off against soldiers in BangkokUncertainty over whether military leadership will support Red Shirts pressure groupMon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Shinawatra one of 100 leaders summoned in Thai coupBangkok streets almost deserted as curfew imposedSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Thai military seizes power in coupPutsch part of battle between supporters of exiled former PM and oppositionFri May 23 2014 - 01:33
Car and bomb attack on market kills 31 in XinjiangCar ploughed through Urumqi shoppers, as exposives fired out window, says ChinaFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
China accuses US of double standards on cyberspyingChina to take ‘further action on the so-called charges by the United States’, ambassador toldWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Intervention just latest instalment in Thai crisisToxic politics leaves little alternative to martial lawWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Over 20 people reported killed in anti-China protests in VietnamCollapse in relations a result of Chinese oil drilling in area of South China Sea claimed by VietnamThu May 15 2014 - 17:36
Vietnamese in anti-China protestsProtesters attack foreign-run factories in dispute over Chinese oil rig in disputed areaThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
Former head of GlaxoSmithKline in China charged with corruptionInvestigation reveals firm made billions of yuan from bribing doctors and hospitalsWed May 14 2014 - 17:45
Thailand’s political turmoil feeds fear of economic ruin and civil conflictAnalysis: since Yingluck Shinawatra was ousted as prime minister, protests and rhetoric have grown more intenseWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
Tension ratcheting higher between China and Vietnam over territorial disputeChina places oil rig in area of resource-rich South China Sea claimed by VietnamTue May 13 2014 - 18:31
Not so hard cheese for Ireland as China approves dairy exportsIrish dairy products approved for China export but Britain falls shortTue May 13 2014 - 10:27
Alibaba IPO to put the likes of Amazon and Facebook in shadeE-commerce company on course to rank behind only Google among the most valuable internet businessesMon May 12 2014 - 01:05
Protesters warned as Thailand’s political crisis intensifiesTensions escalate after top constitutional court ousts Yingluck as premierMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Thai police in clashes with protestersTear gas fired as anti-government demonstrators rally in BangkokSat May 10 2014 - 01:00
Thailand’s anti-graft body indicts ex-prime ministerYingluck Shinawatra’s case will now be voted on by the senateFri May 09 2014 - 01:00
China accuses Vietnam of ramming its drilling vesselsBeijing’s claim to vast areas of South and East China Sea causes tension with neighboursFri May 09 2014 - 01:00
Thai court to rule on case that could remove PM from officeYingluck Shinawatra in court to defend herself against abuse of power chargesTue May 06 2014 - 18:23
Tourism survey shows 62% of Chinese travellers reasonably familiar with IrelandChina’s largest online travel agent, which offers travel services to over 90m members, named Ireland ‘best potential destination’ for 2014Tue May 06 2014 - 01:10
Air links top agenda during tourism minister Leo Varadkar’s China visitTourism officials aim to boost Chinese visitor numbers to 50,000Tue May 06 2014 - 01:05
Asia must push ahead with reformLender sees risks to Asian growth including tightening of global liquidityTue May 06 2014 - 01:02
China hires porn watchdogs as crackdown intensifiesNationwide campaign has closed down 110 websites and 3,300 social network accountsTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
From Cork to China, PCH is blazing a trail worldwideThe company founded by Irishman Liam Casey does everything from product development, to packaging and much more besidesMon May 05 2014 - 01:10
Latest Xinjiang violence prompts fear of nationwide impactAuthorities blame ‘religious extremists’ for deadly attacks in regional capital UrumqiMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Mudslide in rural Afghanistan kills hundreds including rescuersRescue operation under way as thousands of homes buried in Badakhshan provinceSat May 03 2014 - 01:00
China may overtake US as biggest economy this yearEconomists had not expected the change to take place until later in the decadeThu May 01 2014 - 01:08
Chinese leader Xi Jinping steps up anti-terrorist rhetoricSpeech comes after knife-wielding attackers kill 29 and injure 140 in KunmingTue Apr 29 2014 - 16:45
South Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disasterChung Hong-won takes responsibility for government’s response to sinking of SewolMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
