State department plays down the issue as the US refuses to say whether the archipelago also claimed by Japan falls under its defence treaty with Seoul
Spanish MPs want to restrain the country’s prosecuting magistrates from exercising what has seemed like a roving license to prosecute in Spanish courts human-rights violations committed anywhere in the world. But it is also important to uphold the concept of universal jurisdiction that underlies these prosecutions.
With complex wars threatening to bring about the collapse of sovereign states like Syria and Iraq, and the Israel-Palestine conflict seemingly as far from resolution as ever, it is easier to ask what Europe should avoid than what it should do to help b…
The PBoC has sucked Rmb48bn from money markets, a surprise move that signals its concern with the boom in lending at the start of the year
When China Commercial Credit, Inc. planned its IPO on NASDAQ last August, it had to cut the deal size twice because of weak investor appetite. The company ended up raising $8.9 million, only half of its original target. Now six months later, the first Chinese microcredit company to list in the U.S. is planning a […]
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Chinese smartphone maker Meizu is bolstering its management team as the company faces more competition from Chinese upstarts like Xiaomi and foreign competitors like Apple and Samsung. Bai Yongxiang has been named Meizu's senior vice president and president's assistant. Bai will assist the CEO to operate all businesses of the company. The CEO position will […]