New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese education services provider Noah Education Holdings Ltd. says that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be taken private by an investor consortium including Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, Baring Private Equity Asia and its management team, according to a company announcement. Noah Education's board of directors has approved […]

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Shanghai-based BVCF, a growth capital-focused private equity fund specializing in the life sciences industry, has completed a final close of its third fund, raising a total of $200 million, according to media reports. The fund, named BVCF III, L.P., was launched in June 2011. It will focus on equity investments in early- and growth-stage companies […]

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Ukraine is facing a new threat, in the form of a “peace offensive” – an old staple of Soviet diplomacy designed to undermine Western resolve. Vladimir Putin’s recent phone call to Barack Obama to seek renewed talks, followed by a Russian white paper on how to resolve a crisis of the Kremlin’s making, is in fact offensive to peace.

Most people accept the need for security services to respond to terror, particularly in the aftermath of an attack. Achieving lasting change, however, requires addressing not just the consequences of extremism but also its root causes.

US is stepping up rhetoric calling on China not to use coercive tactics over territorial disputes as President Barack Obama prepares for a trip to Asia

The US wants to constrain China while restraining Japan, and must show that it cannot afford to step back