The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the world’s third largest arms importer, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). It said there is a “worrying trend” of increased arms imports into the Middle East. China and India were ranked as the largest importers of arms, and the United States is the largest supplier of weapons and military equipment.

Chinas anti-people stand to consider the war in Sri Lanka as internal matter, despite open massacre and imprisonment of the Colombo government of its own civilians using even prohibited weapons, will block formal discussions taking place in the UN Security Council Thursday, news reports indicate. The stand of China and Russia sitting on UN security Council, shielding Colombos genocide, exposes ...

China's 'anti-people' stand handicaps UN action TamilNet, Sri Lanka China is the main supplier of conventional war weapons used by Colombo against Tamils. Huge amounts of unaccounted Chinese money is also said to have reached Colombo's hands and a part of it was allegedly spent in India by Colombo in mobilising support ...

Taiwanese shares soar on hopes a planned investment by China Mobile in the island’s mobile service provider Far EasTone could herald more cross-straits deals with Chinese corporations.

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- China Cosco Holdings Co., the world’s largest operator of dry-bulk vessels, posted a quarterly loss and said accumulated first-half profit may more than halve from last year as a slowing economy pummels commodity-shipping demand and rates.

Industrial Electronics Leader Awards Logistics Contract Azom.com DHL, the world's leading express delivery and logistics company, today announced it has signed a two-year agreement with Amphenol PCD, a world market leader in electronic modules and connectors for commercial and military applications. ...

Pharmaceutical firms in China and India say they can quickly ramp up production of antiviral drugs if swine flu threatens the world's two most populous nations or if other countries need it.

Pharmaceutical firms in China and India say they can quickly ramp up production of antiviral drugs if swine flu threatens the world's two most populous nations or if other countries need it.

JDS Uniphase Corporation F3Q09 (Qtr End 03/28/09) Earnings Call ... Seeking Alpha, NY Our optical communication group has gained a leading position in China including customer such as Huawei and Ace Link for specific projects. Many companies in China have selected JDSU as their primary supplier of certain optical components due to our ...

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