Afghan President Hamid Karzai begins a visit to China, with trade and investment high on the agenda.

• 24 March 2010

Japan's exports grew 45% in February compared with the same month a year ago, because of strong demand in Asia.

• 24 March 2010

Google has actually done it and made good on its threat to pull out of mainland China. Its mainland Chinese-language portal has started re-routing searches via Hong Kong. Beijing is furious.

• 23 March 2010

Around 300 investors and financiers from around the world will gather in Istanbul in April for the European Business Angels Network, or EBAN, annual congress.

• 22 March 2010

A road bridge was blown up by the Maoists in Ghatshila sub-division of East Singhbhum district on Sunday night.

• 22 March 2010

Turkey is aiming to increase trade volume with Iran to $20 billion in 2011, a Turkish minister said Thursday.

• 22 March 2010

Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.

• 19 March 2010

On Thursday, the US ambassador in Beijing said China's currency was a major concern not only in the US. Earlier this week, a bill to threaten China with punitive duties if the yuan did not rise was put to the US Senate.

• 19 March 2010