Asia Pacific

The Hong Kong government has banned the import of Canadian poultry products from the Fraser Valley following outbreaks of avian flu on two farms in the region.

A period of mergers and acquisitions among Indian banks is expected after a recent $2.4 billion takeover ended a four-year drought.

For some years Singaporeans have been deterred from investing in their domestic housing market by grossly inflated real estate prices. Instead, they have been buying properties abroad.

The Philippines’ Department of Justice is recommending that charges be filed against a company that imports garbage from Canada. Targets for charges would be the owner of the company, Chronic Plastics, and two customs brokers.

Mongolia’s massive Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper reserves, brought to the market by Vancouver’s Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and now owned by the Rio Tinto Group, have so far been more of a curse than a blessing.

China’s 23 million Muslims, cut off from the Islamic world during the decades of Beijing’s isolationist policies, are having a difficult time being accepted by their co-religionists.

Canadian brand gives West Coast firms a boost in overseas market

Free rent and tax exemptions for five years are among the incentives offered foreign companies in Korea’s free economic zones

After a decade of haggling, China has concluded its first comprehensive free trade agreement with a major western economy, Australia, with ratification scheduled for next year.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is just as keen to grab corrupt officials overseas as he is at home.