Asia Pacific

Indonesia has a young population and could become a major centre for economic development as other centres, such as China, experience the problems of an aging population.

Political relations between South Korea and Japan are going through a rocky patch as the Seoul government tries to rebalance its security alliance with Tokyo and the increasing economic importance of China.

Australia’s new conservative Liberal Party government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott has stridden into a raging debate about the effects of mining and coal seam gas extraction on rivers and waterways.

Beijing wants passengers going through its airport to spend less time in lounges and more time out in the city emptying their wallets.

Pakistan is desperate for the completion of the $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline from in neighbouring Iran, which is expected to resolve Pakistan's chronic energy shortage.

Burma's organization that vets foreign investment applications, the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC), could have its discretionary powers curbed.

As well as being the language of business, English is the common language of the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the one used in all the deliberations of the organization.

In yet another sign of China's growing economic bite, Macau, the former Portuguese colony returned to Beijing's sovereignty in 2000, is being urged to abandon its currency's peg to the United States dollar.

Canada is China’s ninth choice when it comes to investing in foreign markets, according to the results of an Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada survey released November 4.

The British Columbia government has successfully debuted a 2.5 billion renminbi (C$424.4 million) bond in the Offshore Renminbi Market (CNH).