http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:37:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/delhis-cp-is-down-to-fifth-most-expensive-office-area-in-the-world-890845.html#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:58:00 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=890845 Five of the six most expensive office areas in the world are in Asia, as demand by global companies to locate there outstripped the supply, according to a semiannual report released on Thursday by real estate services company CBRE Inc.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/delhis-cp-is-down-to-fifth-most-expensive-office-area-in-the-world-890845.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/president-xi-obama-summit-was-very-successful-china-2-889173.html#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:20:50 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=889173 The first summit between President Xi Jingping and his US counterpart Barack Obama held earlier this month proved very successful, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/president-xi-obama-summit-was-very-successful-china-2-889173.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/u-s-cites-russia-china-among-worst-in-human-trafficking-report-888875.html#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:47 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/u-s-cites-russia-china-among-worst-in-human-trafficking-report-888875.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An annual U.S. State Department report on Wednesday cited Russia and China among the world's worst offenders in fighting forced labor and sex trafficking, which could lead to U.S. sanctions. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/u-s-cites-russia-china-among-worst-in-human-trafficking-report-888875.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/china-completes-internet-phone-monitoring-scheme-for-tibet-888847.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:30:44 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/china-completes-internet-phone-monitoring-scheme-for-tibet-888847.html BEIJING (Reuters) - China has completed a monitoring scheme in restive Tibet that requires all telephone and internet users to register under their real names, state media said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to crack down on what officials describe as rumours. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/china-completes-internet-phone-monitoring-scheme-for-tibet-888847.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/president-xi-obama-summit-was-very-successful-china-888743.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:00:10 +0000 fwire http://www.firstpost.com/politics/president-xi-obama-summit-was-very-successful-china-888743.html http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/president-xi-obama-summit-was-very-successful-china-888743.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/north-korea-repeats-offer-for-nuclear-talks-888733.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:45:41 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/north-korea-repeats-offer-for-nuclear-talks-888733.html BEIJING (Reuters) - A top North Korean diplomat repeated an offer for international talks over his country's disputed nuclear programme during a meeting in China on Wednesday, saying the denuclearisation of the peninsula was the "dying wish" of North Korea's founder. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/north-korea-repeats-offer-for-nuclear-talks-888733.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/china-threatens-death-penalty-for-serious-polluters-888615.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:45:39 +0000 FP Staff http://www.firstpost.com/politics/china-threatens-death-penalty-for-serious-polluters-888615.html BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases, state media said, as the government tries to assuage growing public anger at environmental desecration. An increasingly affluent urban population has begun to object to China's policy of growth at all costs, which has fuelled the economy for three decades, with the environment emerging as a focus of concern and protests]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/china-threatens-death-penalty-for-serious-polluters-888615.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/china-welcomes-taliban-setting-up-office-in-qatar-887765.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:05 +0000 Arun http://www.firstpost.com/?p=887765 China said it viewed the development of the Taliban engaging in negotiations as 'positive progress'. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/china-welcomes-taliban-setting-up-office-in-qatar-887765.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/turkeys-standing-man-to-join-ranks-of-icons-886577.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:55:04 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=886577 The image was stark — a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister’s demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul. The challenge by performance artist Erdem Gunduz is catching on with other protesters in Turkey, encouraged by social media into imitating his gesture across the country. It’s [...]]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/turkeys-standing-man-to-join-ranks-of-icons-886577.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/shaolin-temple-goes-global-884993.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:30:23 +0000 fwire http://www.firstpost.com/politics/shaolin-temple-goes-global-884993.html http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/shaolin-temple-goes-global-884993.html/feed 0