GE expects 2012 to be another volatile year (AP)
AP - General Electric Co. is bracing for another volatile year. The global conglomerate expects to see emerging markets from China to South America continue to grow while Europe falls into a recession.
China, India to jump forward with Hawaii telescope (AP)
AP - China and India are catapulting to the forefront of astronomy research with their decision to join as partners in a Hawaii telescope that will be the world's largest when it's built later this decade.
China inflation eases to 15-month low, policy easing eyed (Reuters)
Reuters - China's annual inflation rate eased to its lowest in 15 months in December, giving the government more room to tilt economic policy towards supporting growth as evidence mounts of faltering demand for Chinese goods home and abroad.
Benchmark oil price rises above $102 per barrel (AP)
AP - Oil prices climbed Tuesday on expectations that China's economy — and its appetite for petroleum — will continue to grow in 2012.
China nudges North and South Korea to reach out (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday nudged his visiting South Korean counterpart to seek better ties with North Korea, the official Xinhua news agency reported, ahead of meetings between envoys to discuss the North's nuclear program.
Smoggy Beijing to reveal more pollution data (AP)
AP - A bureau in charge of monitoring China's frequently smog-choked capital will release more detailed reports, state media said Friday, following a public outcry over the hazards of fine particle pollution.
Screws tighten on Iran as big buyers shun its oil (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran faced the prospect of cutbacks in its oil sales to China and Japan as new measures to block Tehran's crude exports over its nuclear program appeared to be driving its economy to the wall.
New defense strategy sets Obama’s gaze on Asia (AP)
AP - In recasting his defense strategy, President Barack Obama is looking beyond the wars he inherited to focus on Asian security risks — mainly China and North Korea — that took a back seat to Iraq and Afghanistan.
China jails dissident 10 years for "subversive" essays (Reuters)
Reuters - A court in China sentenced on Monday a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, to 10 years in jail for subversion, his wife said -- one of the heaviest sentences given for political charges since Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo was jailed two years ago.
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