Federal prosecutors investigating whether U.S. executives at Avon Products Inc. broke foreign-bribery laws have presented evidence in the probe to a grand jury, people familiar with the matter said.
- Paul J. Lange
China's Premier Wen Jiabao said China should start to fine-tune its economic policy in the first quarter, a fresh sign that highlights the government's concerns over the domestic economic slowdown.
- Paul J. Lange
Xi Jinping, the man set to arrive in Washington on Monday as China's presumptive next leader, began his ascent to power, and honed his political outlook, as a teenager living in a spartan cave dwelling in the dusty hills of Shaanxi province.
- Paul J. Lange
The transfer of power to a new Communist Party leadership under Xi Jinping might not go as smoothly as Beijing would prefer, a recent political drama at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu revealed.
- Paul J. Lange
Michael Fallon MP, deputy chairman, Conservative Party: "We have to get rid of the bureaucracy and put local doctors in charge of shaping local services"
- Paul J. Lange
China's banking regulator has drafted rules to stop banks from charging their customers excessive fees, which have become a focus of rising frustration.
- Paul J. Lange
An 18-year-old Tibetan nun set herself on fire in western China in the latest such protest against Beijing's handling of the vast ethnic Tibetan regions it rules, an overseas activist group said.
- Paul J. Lange