Sunday, December 25, 2011

Business Tensions Play Out Between China, Iran

BEIJING?Alibaba.com Ltd.'s trade website was inaccessible Thursday to people in Iran, according to a person familiar with the matter, just one day after the Chinese government publicly complained that Chinese buyers of Iran's iron ore had problems doing business there.

It is unclear what caused the site outage or even whether the incidents are related, but it marks the latest business hiccup between two countries that have long shared a close diplomatic relationship, as the Iranian government comes under mounting international pressure over its alleged nuclear efforts.

On Wednesday, China's Ministry of Commerce published a report saying that Chinese companies ...

BEIJING?Alibaba.com Ltd.'s trade website was inaccessible Thursday to people in Iran, according to a person familiar with the matter, just one day after the Chinese government publicly complained that Chinese buyers of Iran's iron ore had problems doing business there.

It is unclear what caused the site outage or even whether the incidents are related, but it marks the latest business hiccup between two countries that have long shared a close diplomatic relationship, as the Iranian government comes under mounting international pressure over its alleged nuclear efforts.

On Wednesday, China's Ministry of Commerce published a report saying that Chinese companies ...

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203686204577114080532306476.html?mod=rss_about_china

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