BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland and Taiwan started direct air and sea transport and postal services on Monday morning, the latest step to improve once-strained ties. Formerly, air and sea movements -- including mail -- had to go by way of a third place. At 8:

China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) formed a tripartite partnership on Saturday to tackle the global financial crisis, Premier Wen Jiabao said after a historic three-way meeting in Fu...

Australia’s banana growers have lodged an appeal against the decision to allow Philippine bananas into the country The Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABCG) has appealed today with the Import Risk Analysis Appeal Panel against the decision of Biosecurity Australia to let Phili

Many banana farmers in the state are making losses after their plantations were struck by a mysterious disease. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Committee chairman Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said t...