When China signed up to build Venezuelas Tinaco-Anaco Railway in 2009, the scheme was hailed as proof of the effectiveness of the socialist brotherhood. Gleaming new Chinese trains were envisaged whisking passengers and cargo along…
Monthly Archives For October 2016
Tianhe CBD courts finance industry
As the most important CBD in South China, it has offices for 140 Fortune 500 companies and boasts annual merchandise sales of more than 1 trillion yuan ($154 billion) in dozens of shopping malls. “A…
In China, some Apple users opt for iPhone makeover rather than buy new
Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The U.S. firm posted a third straight quarter of declining iPhone sales globally on Tuesday, and said Greater China revenue slipped 30 per cent to $8.79-billion…
China’s billionaires club of entrepreneurs embarks on cross-Canada tour
Cheng also believes the recent visit by the youthful Trudeau caught the attention of China’s younger generation, which she says is a large market with considerable buying power. Canada’s business community is set to roll…
Govt signs off more slots for China flights
This summer that new upper limit will be close to being reached with flights between Auckland and Christchurch airports and cities in mainland China. New carriers Hainan Airlines and Tianjin will enter the New Zealand…
China goes from red-alert pollution to green energy
The city of Foshan is in the middle of China’s manufacturing heartland. It may be big and noisy, factories gushing consumer products and pollution, but its new city bus glides along almost silently, producing no…
The ever-growing power of China’s Xi Jinping
At the beginning of this week China’s leader Xi Jinping was not officially “at the core” of the Communist Party. Now he is. Why should that matter? Because, in China, little words have big meanings.…
In ‘failure of U.S. democracy,’ China’s strongmen see a chance to get stronger
China’s state-run media, too … “U.S. presidential elections are neither democratic nor civilized,” the Xinhua news agency jeered. The Communist Party-run Global Times pointed out earlier this year that “Mussolini and Hitler came to power…
When China Wants Better Air Readings, Cotton Does the Trick
released a statement on Tuesday saying that the news “should serve as a warning to officials around the country that the central government is serious about punishing environmental abuses.” Xi’an is in northern China, a…
US Calls on China to Cut Coal Imports Propping up N. Korea
A senior U.S. official urged China on Saturday to work with the U.S. to close a loophole on North Korean coal imports that Washington believes has been critical to propping up the isolated country’s finances.…
Philippines: China Still Guarding Shoal, but Filipinos Back
Philippine aerial surveillance showed Chinese coast guard ships were still guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but they did not harass and stop Filipinos from fishing there for the first time in…
China: Japanese military jets using 'dangerous' tactics
Shen Jinke, an official with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, said that a fleet of 40 aircraft were sent to the West Pacific via the Miyako Strait for a “routine drill on the high…
US, China plan joint military drills
China’s military spokesperson, Wu Qian, said at a news briefing. The announcement of the joint effort comes even as there have been military tensions between the two counties. As recently as last week, the US…
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