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Berlin: Urban-Rural Transformation seminar

Berlin – The number of people living in urban areas in China exceeded 50% for the first time in 2012. …

Burberry goes China with help of Tencent

Shenzhen – British luxury brand Burberry (BRBY.L) has joined forces with China’s Tencent (0700.HK) for a new digital marketing and …

Hong Kong: Airlines allowed to keep airport slots

Hong Kong – Airlines that fly to and from Hong Kong will be able to keep their prized airport slots even …

Panasonic selling chip-making biz to Taiwan

Osaka/Taipei — Panasonic is selling its loss-making semiconductor business to Taiwan’s Nuvoton Technology, leaving an industry that it first entered almost …

India: SoftBank’s next big crisis ?

New Delhi — In India, tech startups have been caught in SoftBank’s cycle of overfunding, bloated valuations and vague paths …