BEIJING — North Korea’s enigmatic young leader, Kim Jong-un, made an unannounced visit to Beijing, meeting with President Xi Jinping weeks before planned summit meetings with American and South Korean leaders, Chinese Central TV reported…
Monthly Archives For March 2018
Kim Jong Un ‘likely’ in Beijing after train visited from North Korea
Speculation is growing that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited Beijing after a diplomatic train arrived from Pyongyang. The train was met with tight security when it rolled into the Chinese capital, and…
Netflix Ally iQiyi Prices IPO; Walgreens, Blackberry Earnings Due: Action Plan
Late Wednesday iQiyi will price its IPO. The so-called Netflix of China will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker IQ starting Thursday. IQiyi plans to offer 125 million American depository shares at an expected…
WuXi AppTec given green light to raise US$907m in Shanghai IPO
Its IPO follows a steady pipeline of Chinese firms … Both Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses – under the direction of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) – have been bending over backwards to lure foreign-funded…
Train believed to be carrying North Korean officials, and possibly Kim Jong-un, leaves Beijing
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was part of a secretive delegation that arrived in Beijing by train on Monday and left on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter and foreign media reports.…
Mystery train rumored to carry Kim Jong Un leaves China after secretive stay
On Monday, heavy security was reported at the Friendship Bridge on the Yalu River, marking the border between China and North Korea. There was also news of the train transiting several stations on the way…
Beijing 2022 receives boost after Bank of China provides huge cash sum for country’s winter sports
The Bank of China, an official partner of Beijing 2022, has launched its Winter Olympics action plan today by providing CNY ¥30 billion (£3.4 billion/$4.8 billion/€3.9 billion) for Chinese winter sports from now through to…
Sunlands, Latest China Education IPO In U.S., Drops Amid Trade Worries
Sunlands Online Education Group, the latest in a series of U.S. IPOs from Chinese private-sector education companies, slid 3.5% on Friday on its New York Stock Exchange trade debut amid a broad selloff of the…
China’s HNA calls off Swiss listing of airline caterer Gategroup at last minute
Bookbuilding in the Gategroup IPO began this month, with a price range set at 16 to … to 2 billion (francs), and not as much as 2.6 billion. There’s also a certain China discount as…
Train believed to be carrying North Korean officials, and possibly Kim, leaves Beijing
A train believed to be carrying a senior North Korean delegation left the Chinese capital on Tuesday following a dramatic whirlwind visit that some reports said included the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un. The conservative South…
China’s big banks escape profit doldrums
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s biggest lender in terms of total assets, said full-year profit grew 2.8 percent to 286.05 billion yuan ($45 billion). Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) said…
Train’s arrival in Beijing raises speculation of Kim visit
BEIJING (AP) — Speculation about a visit to Beijing by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or another high-level Pyongyang official was running high Tuesday amid talk of preparations for a meeting between the North’s…
The Latest: Convoy seen in Beijing arriving at train station
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a possible North Korean visit to China (all times local): 3 p.m. A vehicle convoy has been seen entering the Beijing train station under heavy security amid speculation of…
