China on Wednesday called on North Korea to suspend its nuclear and missile activities in exchange for the US and South Korea halting military wargames, to prevent what it called a “head-on collision.” Foreign Minister…
Monthly Archives For March 2017
China and U.S. in new global faceoff between economic planning and deregulation: Don Pittis
After moving into journalism, he was principal business reporter for Radio Television Hong Kong before the handover to China. He has produced and reported for the CBC in Saskatchewan and Toronto and the BBC in…
China broadcasts a bold new image: Unapologetic, interventionist, statesmanlike, and streamed live on YouTube
China has no ambition to take over the mantle of leadership from the U.S., its foreign minister says. But Beijing is boldly positioning itself as mediator and problem-solver to the world’s most insoluble problems, abandoning…
The Shipping News From China Is Good for Iron Miners, Mills
Iron ore imports hit February record as steel shipments abate Country is largest buyer of seaborne ore, biggest steel maker Record cargoes of iron ore coming into China and fewer boatloads of steel going out…
Beijing pledges more tax cuts … but are they enough to jump-start China’s economy? Business heavyweights aren’t convinced
Beijing says it has already cut taxes and will continue to do so in 2017 – but the country’s entrepreneurs are asking the government to do more. Premier Li Keqiang said in his annual government…
China Unicom Rising On Mixed-Ownership Reform Rumors, Again
Telecom operator China Unicom (762.Hong Kong/CHU) soared 3.2% in Hong Kong after talk of mixed-ownership reform resurfaced. But when was the last time Internet companies invested in dumb pipe telecom operators? If anything, the investment…
China tech plan threat to foreign firms
Beijing — China is violating its free-trade pledges by pressing foreign makers of electric cars and other goods to hand over technology under an industry development plan that is likely to shrink access to its…
Landmark ruling for Chinese bank can't be collected from Metro Vancouver homes
A Chinese bank has won a landmark ruling against a Chinese man who allegedly disappeared from China with an unpaid $10-million dollar loan in 2014, and quickly purchased four Vancouver-area homes. China CITIC Bank won…
Human rights, cyber security to be part of Canada-China free trade consultations
OTTAWA – The federal government wants Canadians to air their concerns about China’s human rights record as part of broad consultations on a possible free trade deal. Business leaders are also being asked to weigh…
Chinese inquiries in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary real estate spiked with Vancouver tax
Inquiries from China for property in several big Canadian markets spiked in the months after Vancouver introduced its tax for foreign buyers, according to a report based on data from a top Chinese foreign property…
FTC Commissioner: U.S. Must ‘Stand Up’ to China Over Intellectual Property Theft
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen said U.S. companies are “concerned” about investing in China due to their poor treatment of intellectual property rights. “We’re not an international trade…
China’s city land sales surge 73 per cent despite cooling measures
China’s land sales in 50 major cities surged 73 per cent in the first two months of 2017 despite a raft of measures rolled out in a bid to cool the red-hot property market. Fifty…
China Overseas Land & Investment : COLI February contracted property sales up 48.4%
and the corresponding gross floor area (GFA) sold was about 1.01 million square metres, an increase of 48.4% and 49.7% from a year earlier. For the first two months of 2017, the accumulated contracted property…
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