Taiwan potter produces razor-thin bowls | TAIPEI — Taiwan potter is producing razor-thin ceramic bowls, raising a historic Chinese art form to a fragile, new high and aiming to sell the 0.2-mm (0.008 inch) thick wares in China at a hefty price. | T... PBL officials surprised by Chino's move | OFFICIALS and team representatives in the Philippine Basketball League expressed mixed reactions yesterday over the reported resignation of China Trinidad as commissioner, most of them disbelief. | Gil Angele... Higher demand lures cement cos to build presence in eastern India MUMBAI: Lured by a higher demand in the country’s eastern region, leading cement players in India’s other parts such as ACC, Dalmia and Binani Cements are expanding their presence in West Bengal, Jharkhand,... Indian cos in hiring mode, may add 1 million jobs in FY11 NEW DELHI: Indian companies are the most optimistic on hiring plans for April-June 2010, with the organised sector expected to create close to a million new jobs in FY11, driven by a revival in economic growth ... India, China to formally back Copenhagen Accord NEW DELHI: India and China have decided to formally back the Copenhagen Accord worked out at the climate summit in December. While neither India nor China have said that they would ‘associate’ with the acco... Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole | SAN FRANCISCOMicrosoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software. | Microsoft said it is investigat... 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Taiwan potter produces razor-thin bowls Malaya| TAIPEI — Taiwan potter is producing razor-thin ceramic bowls, raising a historic Chinese art form to a fra...
Still no refund from travel firm The Star| KUALA LUMPUR: A group of holiday-makers seeking refunds for their cancelled trip to Shanghai, China, went ho...
Another casting couch scandal for Neo The Star| THE affair issue between Singapore's most successful film-maker Jack Neo and a 22-year-old model took a new...
Changing China From Within Wall Street JournalBy EMILY PARKER | New York | Jia Zhangke finds the calmer moments in China's breakneck growth. "I focus on how...
India okays Copenhagen Accord, with riders The Times Of IndiaNEW DELHI: After three months of confabulation within the government, India on Tuesday allowed a conditional a...
India, China endorse Copenhagen climate deal The Times Of IndiaNEW DELHI: India and China joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to t...
