First meeting under China, Japan ruling party’s exchange mechanism starts
Officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Japanese ruling parties met here Friday for their first meeting since the two sides set up an exchange mechanism to improve bilateral relations.

DPRK chief negotiator arrives in Beijing for six-party talks
Kim Kye-Gwan, top negotiator of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), arrived here Saturday morning for the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

Working group on denuclearization begins first meeting
The six-party talks working group on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula began its first meeting Saturday morning in Beijing, focusing on specific measures of the denuclearization.

Hong Kong looks for listings outside China
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is beginning to look outside the mainland for new listings, knowing that the steady stream of China companies whose Hong Kong IPOS have kept it strong may dry up with the rise of the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges. "No one in my position would expect it would be H-shares forever," the head of the stock exchange Ronald Arculli told the Wall Street Journal. The exchange has moved to issue simplified guidelines for foreign companies and is looking to lure business from South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and elsewhere in the region. But the road may be steep, the newspaper reported. It may be difficult to convince companies to list far from home and it is not easy to determine how much interest Hong Kong retail investors would have in non-China share issues.