Baidu, China’s largest online search provider, has been sued by the operator of the country’s most popular news app for unfair competition amid an intense battle for the attention of mobile users and the lucrative…
Monthly Archives For January 2018
Taiwan holds live-fire drills as tensions with China mount
Hualien (Taiwan) (AFP) – Taiwanese troops Tuesday staged live-fire exercises simulating a response to an invasion, as China steppeds up pressure on the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated. The…
Trump vows to protect U.S. intellectual property, without naming China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to protect American intellectual property, but made no mention of China, which his administration has accused of trade abuses, in his first State of the…
BRIEF-Capitaland Retail China Trust Posts Qtrly Net Property Income Of S$33.0 Mln
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China likely to retaliate against Donald Trump’s trade actions
Ross said during the release of AmCham’s business climate survey. The survey showed showed that three out of four US companies feel they are less welcome in China. Beijing’s regulatory barriers and unfair treatment of…
China faces far worse financial risk than US before global crisis: former FM
China’s financial system was facing higher risk than that of the US before the global economic turmoil a decade ago, former finance minister Lou Jiwei has said. China’s financial system had become “severely distorted”, Lou…
China will act if Trump hits out on trade, American business group warns
Chinese officials plan to take aim at U.S. companies if President Trump inflicts tariffs, a key American business lobby warned Tuesday, potentially veering both countries toward a trade war that could cripple global markets. The…
Checking In: Rosewood Beijing – Best Luxury Hotel in China
Beijing is one of the most exciting cities not only in Asia but the world. With world-class attractions like the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and the many historic Hutongs, just to name a few,…
Beijing mountain district shifts to clean energy
Beijing’s Yanqing District is on the front lines of the municipal campaign to phase out coal-fired heating as the mountainous district gears up to host international events. The district’s environment bureau said Tuesday that more…
Vatican seeks to drop bishops opposed by Beijing, raising fears of appeasement
BEIJING — The Vatican has asked two bishops in China to stand aside or step down at the behest of the Chinese government, reinforcing the impression that senior figures within the Catholic Church are keen…
China’s era of ‘hide and bide’ is over
This year, Chinese state news agency Xinhua published an editorial saying the world needed to choose between “two fundamentally different outlooks … self-centred America first … or Xi-style collaborative approach”. There are those who believe…
Financial risk facing China worse than in US before global crash, former finance minister says
The level of risk facing China’s financial system could be higher than was seen in the United States before the global crash, according to a former Chinese finance minister. Speaking at a forum in Beijing…
Beijing will retaliate if Trump acts on trade, say Chinese officials
Trump has approved higher tariffs on Chinese aluminum, washing machines and other goods Washington says are dumped abroad at improperly low prices. The head of an American business group said on Tuesday that Chinese officials…