MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has ordered military officials to stop construction work on a sandbar in a disputed area of the South China Sea after Beijing complained, the country’s defense chief…
Monthly Archives For November 2017
China, U.S. sign more business deals during Trump visit
BEIJING — China on Thursday signed business deals it said totalled $253.4 billion with American companies during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit in a tradition aimed at blunting criticism of Beijing’s trade policies. The agreements,…
The US and China got down to business on the South China Sea
While President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping had friendly talks and photo ops, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got down to business regarding the South China Sea. China claims almost all of the…
China Q3 overseas property investment down 51 pct yoy- private sector report
HONG KONG, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Chinese outbound property investment fell 51 percent to $2.5 billion in the third quarter from a year ago, a private sector survey of deals showed on Thursday, the lowest…
Trump China visit: US leader strikes warmer tone with Xi Jinping
The two leaders also said they would to work together to tackle terrorism and drug trafficking, while Xinhua state news agency reported that Mr Trump had said the US government upholds the “one China” policy…
Trump tweets in China – how, and why does it matter?
Thousands of websites and social media platforms are blocked in mainland China. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp are blocked, as well as websites the authorities consider sensitive. (The BBC News website has been blocked in…
Philippines backs down in South China Sea dispute
Duterte made the decision after Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano advised him of an agreement involving China and the Philippines for a halt on new construction in the disputed waters, Lorenzana later told a news…
Hong Kong’s IPO Crash Indicator
IPO fever is back. The retail portion of China Literature Ltd.’s initial public offering was more than 600 times oversubscribed, locking up at least HK$520 billion ($67 billion), or one-third of the city’s monetary base,…
The Latest: Trump wants China to pressure North Korea
China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported that Trump played a video of Arabella reciting ancient Chinese poetry and verses from the Confucian text the “Three Character Classic” to Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) after…
China’s Xi fetes Trump on first day of Beijing trip
Xi said he hoped Arabella would visit China soon, noting that she was already a “child star” in China, the official Xinhua news agency said. A video of Arabella reciting a Chinese poem went viral…
Chinese search-engine Sogou’s IPO priced at $13/ADS -source
Proceeds from the offering will be used for research and development and marketing purposes, Sogou said in its IPO filing. Beijing-based Sogou, which competes with Baidu and Alibaba’s UCWeb, reported net income of $66.7 million…
Source: Chinese search-engine Sogou’s IPO priced at US$13/ADS
Proceeds from the offering will be used for research and development and marketing purposes, Sogou said in its IPO filing. Beijing-based Sogou, which competes with Baidu and Alibaba’s UCWeb, reported net income of US$66.7 million…
China Literature makes stellar public debut following $1B Hong Kong IPO
China Literature, the e-publishing business backed by Tencent, enjoyed an impressive debut as public company with its share price rising as high double during its first day on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The business…