<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Asia</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/asia?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><description>Asia</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Manufacturing Competition]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55000-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55000-2004Aug10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the evolving world of Chinese capitalism, officials from Premier Wen Jiabao down have pledged to open the way to a new crop of entrepreneurs, encouraging them to create jobs and expand the economy even as many of the old state-owned companies disintegrate, deprived of the connections to government officials and finance that have sustained them for decades.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan Merger Creates World's Largest Bank]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54352-2004Jul16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54352-2004Jul16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two of Japan's biggest financial institutions on Friday announced plans to merge and create the world's largest bank, underscoring growing sentiments that the country's long troubled banking system has significantly improved.]]></description><author> Akiko Kashiwagi and Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the Dark In Rural China]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3852-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3852-2004Jun24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SHUIZHUANG VILLAGE, China -- Inside the stone house, a woman stirs greens over a wood fire, the smell of smoke infusing the straw baskets piled along the walls and the slabs of pork drying from the rafters. The sound of cows and chickens filters through the floorboards from a pen beneath the house.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Furniture 'Dumped,' U.S. Rules]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53427-2004Jun18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53427-2004Jun18.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Commerce Department ruled yesterday that Chinese bedroom furniture is being "dumped" in the U.S. market. But the department imposed relatively modest duties on the furniture, a rare departure from a long tradition of slapping stiff penalties on imports in such cases.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Firm To Control Chinese Bank]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5136-2004May31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5136-2004May31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Private equity firm Newbridge Capital completes deal to purchase 18 percent stake in China's Shenzhen Development Bank.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Pushes China Hard On Trade]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13061-2004Apr14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13061-2004Apr14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Amid mounting political pressure to get tough with China on trade, the Bush administration is pushing Beijing hard to come across with measures aimed at easing some of the most contentious U.S.-Chinese trade disputes, and hopes for significant results at meetings with a senior Chinese official next week.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Use for Good Earth]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6653-2004Apr12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6653-2004Apr12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  QIHE, China -- The news came bluntly, with an announcement over the village public address system. The town government was taking most of the farmland and selling it to a developer. In place of the wheat covering these flatlands of northern China, a golf course would take shape, along with hundreds of new villas and a luxury hotel.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electronics Power Japan's Recovery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53056-2004Apr5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53056-2004Apr5.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Japan's high-tech titans have blasted a vale out of the mountains in Kameyama over the past two years, creating a massive new center for the nation's booming liquid crystal display industry.]]></description><author> Anthony Faiola</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In China, Miners Pay a High Toll]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13940-2004Mar21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13940-2004Mar21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Coal fuels an economic boom, but the dangerous way it is mined costs many lives.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Car Culture Captivates China]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38899-2004Mar7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38899-2004Mar7.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From foreign luxury to Chinese-made cars, the automobile has taken hold in China, with global implications for industry, the environment and energy.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Regulator Warns Of Investment Bubble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10485-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10485-2004Feb26.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[China's senior-most currency regulator warned Thursday that the billions of investment dollars surging into the country may be generating a potentially dangerous bubble, adding to recent speculation that the government may slightly increase the value of the country's currency in order to cool growth.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China to Certify Safety Of Soybeans From U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A610-2004Feb23.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A610-2004Feb23.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[China agreed on Monday to certify as safe imported shipments of genetically modified soybeans, removing a crucial obstacle to trade in a commodity valued at $4.8 billion last year, while cooling a high-profile spat with the U.S.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China May  Allow Yuan to Appreciate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30736-2004Feb10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30736-2004Feb10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday that his country's fixed currency-exchange rate would remain "basically stable," state media reported, in an apparent sign that Beijing might allow its currency to appreciate slightly this year to ease trade tensions with the United States.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Made in China --  With Neighbors' Imports]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14093-2004Feb4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14093-2004Feb4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As China's economy rapidly adds mass, it strengthens its pull on the rest of Asia.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's Dark Days <br> and Nights]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54689-2004Jan4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54689-2004Jan4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Relentless industrial development has outstripped the country's supply of power, resulting in an imposed series of rolling blackouts to help cope with shortages.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Rags to Riches To Arrests in Booming China]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37007-2003Dec4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37007-2003Dec4.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The probe into Yang Xiuzhu's activities is the latest in a string of high-profile corruption investigations in China as foreign investment rushes into the country.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Seeks to Defuse U.S. Trade Battle]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7299-2003Nov22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7299-2003Nov22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his government are hoping to manage a simmering trade battle with the United States by challenging the view that China's economic growth is coming at the direct expense of American jobs. To the contrary, according to the premier, swelling trade with China is an ingredient in U.S. prosperity.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sagging Textile Town Unappeased by New Quotas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63558-2003Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63558-2003Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[UNION, S.C. -- About 50 miles separate the gleaming BMW plant that President Bush visited last week and this impoverished textile town -- a vast distance between the optimism of renewal there and the anger of workers who feel betrayed and forgotten here.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Assails Import Limits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63611-2003Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63611-2003Nov19.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[China on Wednesday accused the United States of violating the principles of fair trade, a day after the Bush administration imposed emergency quotas on textile imports to stem a surge in shipments.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[China Trade Policy's Ripple Effect]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23949-2003Nov10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23949-2003Nov10.html?nav=rss_business/specials/asia</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:46:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HARBIN, China -- Under a pale autumn sky, Chang Wuqing unloads sacks of soybeans from the cart of his rusted tractor, dumping them onto a scale at a roadside trading lot. He nods in satisfaction at the tally: One Chinese ton at 8 cents a pound, almost twice what his crop fetched last year.]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item></channel></rss>