(Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc’s (QCOM.O) $44 billion deal to buy Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI.O) is looking “more optimistic now”, the Wall Street Journal quoted a Beijing official as saying. Shares of NXP were…
Monthly Archives For May 2018
Beijing showing signs of compromise in trade talks with US
WASHINGTON — China is sending conciliatory signals as U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet in Washington to try to head off a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. Beijing has dropped an anti-dumping investigation…
Hong Kong journalists attacked and detained in Beijing
This statement was originally published on ifj.org on 16 May 2018. Just days after journalists were attacked in Sichuan covering the earthquake memorial, several Hong Kong journalists were manhandled and harassed by non-uniformed police in…
Beijing lands nuclear bombers in the South China Sea in a clear sign that it’s pushed out the US without firing a shot
Beijing upped the ante in the South China Sea on Friday by releasing footage of its H-6K nuclear-capable bombers landing on artificially made islands in disputed waters — and it sends a clear message about…
China, Pakistan Make Great Headway Giving Banking Support To CPEC
Beijing : China and pakistan have made a great headway giving banking support to their growing socio-economic partnership, says a report published by the Middle East North Africa Financial Network (MENAFN). After establishing its first…
South China Sea dispute: China lands bombers on island
The US has sailed warships close to artificial islands built by Beijing in the South China Sea to challenge what it sees as Chinese efforts to restrict freedom of navigation in a strategically important area.…
China’s Xi urges end to waste and irrational consumption in eco push – Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping said the country must fight against waste and irrational consumption as it bids to reverse the damage done to its environment after decades of breakneck growth, the official…
China’s Hainan offers more countries visa-free access
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is planning to grant more countries visa-free access to Hainan, the state-owned Securities Times quoted an official as saying on Saturday, in a move aimed at further opening up the southern…
China Banking : says opening up of financial sector will need reciprocity
China’s push to open up its financial sector to foreign banks and financial institutions will be based on the principle of reciprocity and will not reward protectionism by other countries, an official said on Saturday,…
Chinese city of Taiyuan unveils fresh property curbs, joins six others
Last week, China’s housing ministry told governments in 12 cities to rein in their fast-rising property prices and step up regulations, stressing that policies to control prices and prevent speculative investment will not be changed…
China property investment growth slows and sales dip on increased curbs – Report
Financial Review reported that China’s property investment growth slowed in April while sales marked their biggest fall in six months as higher borrowing costs and increased curbs on buyers weighed on demand, backing views that…
Kudlow Says China Offered ‘at Least’ $200 Billion in New Trade
China offered to reduce its trade surplus with the U.S. by … We have to have a verifiable process whereby the technology transfers and the theft of intellectual property stops.” Earlier on Friday a Chinese…
A North Korea border town is now China’s fastest-growing home market
A tourism and economic boom are propelling the cities in Hainan, China’s southernmost island province with free trade concessions. The rises could have been bigger. Around 50 cities across the mainland had residential property curbs…
