(RTTNews) - Tuesday morning in Asia, the Chinese Yuan traded at its highest level against the dollar since the removal of peg in 2005, as China's central bank seeks to slow inflation.
0 What's this URUMQI, China (AFP) - China Tuesday kicked off the Olympic torch relay's sensitive leg through Xinjiang, a largely Muslim western region where Beijing acknowledges there are ethnic tensions.
A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer will call at a Chinese port next week as part of a bilateral defense exchange in the first visit to China by uniformed Self-Defense Forces personnel, Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday.
The world's largest mobile phone service provider on Monday signed a US$1 billion deal to buy a range of wireless networking and 3G (third generation mobile telecommunications) equipment from Alcatel-Lucent.
In Hong Kong, shares of Cathay Pacific Airways fell on worries about the impact of high fuel costs, while financials such as China Merchants Bank climbed after a string of losses recently. The Nikkei 225 Average rose 0.1% to 14,372.
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