KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sealed a deal here Sunday to upgrade their free trade area (FTA), injecting fresh impetus into regional economic cooperation. A protocol that ...
Tags: China-ASEAN FTA, trade in goods, investment
Seoul Semiconductor affiliate’s acquisition proposal of Sensor Electronic Technology (SETi) has been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a report by The Korea Times. "Seoul Viosys, an affiliate of Seoul ...
Tags: Seoul Semiconductor, UV LED chips, Viosys
UV LED firm Seoul Viosys plans to partner with Watersprint of Medicon Village, Lund, Sweden, which develops water purification products and systems for the disinfection of bacteria, viruses and protozoa. The system will be used to supply ...
Tags: UV LEDs, Seoul Optodevice, Water Purification Technology
Panasonic aims to increase its European lighting revenue in 2018, reported Kyodo News. The plan is to raise lighting revenue in Europe from JYP 30 billion (US $330 million) in 2014 to JYP 36 billion by 2018. Panasonic analyzed there is ...
Tags: Panasonic, European market, Lighting Revenue
Jeep and Mopar have teamed up to create the Wrangler Red Rock Concept vehicle that will be showcased at this year's Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show in Las Vegas. The Jeep Wrangler Red Rock Concept pays tribute to ...
When asked whether he had envisioned the impact that his revolutionary blue LED would have in years to come, new Nobel physics laureate Shuji Nakamura’s answer was in typically modest and candid. “No!” he replied in a ...
Tags: blue LED, zinc selenide, semiconductor material, LED lighting
In southwest China's Sichuan province, near the Yalong river of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yajiang County attracts many visitors. Especially in July, the comfortable climate and the most charming scenery draw a bustling crowd to ...
Tags: Yajiang County, tourist industry
For the past few decades, actress Liu Xiaoqing has managed to stay in the media spotlight, owing to her longevity as one of China's most popular actresses, still playing roles much younger than her own age. And being a top-selling ...
Tags: Liu Xiaoqing, actresses, Wu Zetian
An American educator resides in a quiet Chinese city owing to her love of teaching, Liu Xiangrui reports in Yinchuan. Having spent about three years in the early 1990s teaching English to the residents of Yinchuan city in Northwest ...
Tags: Smith, poorer children, education
Established on Oct 10, 1925, the Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, has come to symbolize Chinese culture all round the world. "In the late 1980s, people had to pay one yuan to visit the museum," said former ...
The gap between domestic blockbusters and their Hollywood counterparts is closing, especially in visual effects. In recent years, inspired by high-grossing Hollywood pictures, domestic filmmakers have attempted to cash in on films driven ...
Tags: Homegrown Films, Hollywood, SARFT
On a sleepless night in early spring of 2013, standing on the balcony of his New York apartment, choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung saw the sky begin to fill with a magical blue hue. For some 20 minutes, the sun was still below the horizon but ...
Tags: Dancers, Blue Hour, folk dancing
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has worked with the General Administration of Customs, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange to entrust the Academy of Mathematics and System Science, ...
Tags: bilateral trade, global value chains, trade in value added
The 14th SCO Economic and Trade Ministers’ Meeting concluded in Xi’an on September 16. The chairman of the meeting, the head of Chinese delegation, and the Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng attended the news conference and ...
The unique EcoBoost engine in the all-new Focus RS will produce 350 horsepower – far exceeding original estimates of 315 – along with 350 lb.-ft. torque. And yet even with all that torque, the manual-only hot hatch will be ...