Alibaba inks JV for Japanese expansion

16 May 2008
Alibaba.com, the Hong Kong-listed arm of Alibaba Group, and Japanese telecom group Softbank formed a joint venture yesterday to develop an e-commerce platform to link small corporate buyers and suppliers between the two countries, Reuters reported.  more...

Hu wants to share in Japan's green-tech expertise

13 May 2008
President Hu Jintao wants Japan to share with China its expertise in "clean coal" electricity production, low-emission cars and energy-efficient electronics, the Financial Times reported.  more...

Hang Seng includes more mainland companies

12 May 2008
Hong Kong's benchmark stock index has removed two Hong Kong-based companies from its makeup, with plans to replace them with two mainland-based firms, the Wall Street Journal reported.  more...

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