The Dominican Republic’s government has announced it is establishing diplomatic relations with Beijing and breaking ties with Taipei. The decision is the latest setback for Taiwan in the Caribbean and Latin America. Panama dropped its…
Monthly Archives For May 2018
Close Xi aide to meet U.S. trade delegation in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser, Vice Premier Liu He, will meet a top-level U.S. trade delegation in Beijing this week, state media said on Wednesday, amid a festering dispute between…
How Beijing got rid of pollution tag with astute planning
Beijing was one of the most polluted megacities in 2012, with levels comparable to Delhi. However, between 2013 and 2016 PM10 levels fell by about 15% in Beijing, while the Indian capital has seen no…
Stretched-out Audi Q5L debuts at 2018 Beijing auto show
What is it? If it is going to matter in China, it must have an L in its name. Audi already sells the long-wheelbase A4L, A6L and the A8L models; now comes the first long-wheelbase…
B.C. Bud to Beijing? China presses Canada over illicit marijuana imports
OTTAWA — Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on the problem, an internal federal memo reveals. The previously unknown…
Trump sends top trade posse for Beijing talks
Donald Trump is sending the Magnificent Seven of US trade policy to Beijing this week for talks to stave off a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. But hanging over the discussions involving…
Chinese state media has a message for the US ahead of trade talk in Beijing
Ahead of a meeting between officials from the world’s two largest economies to iron out their trade tensions, state-owned Chinese media has one message for the American delegates: Don’t expect China to give into all…
‘Amazing China’ documentary more fiction than fact
That’s not surprising given the years of positive coverage Huajian has enjoyed in China’s Communist Party-controlled media, and the fact that many foreign news sites are blocked. Wei said he featured the company because it…
Start-ups listed on Beijing’s ‘new third board’ eye Hong Kong IPOs
A number of Chinese start-ups trading on National Equities Exchange and Quotations, or Beijing’s “new third board”, are … Many technology companies would thus like an IPO with the HKEX,” said Cheung. “The new third…
Investors Cool a Bit on Big Hong Kong IPO
But it is short of the some HK$500 billion or in orders received ahead of the November IPO of China Literature Ltd., the country’s largest reading platform, being hived off from internet giant Tencent Holdings…
China’s Biggest Tech Unicorns Stampede to Go Public
Several factors are at play, including a loosening of listing rules in China and Hong Kong … online food review and delivery services business and is also planning an IPO—targeting a $60 billion market valuation—according…
Photos reveal what it’s like to shop at Walmart in China — which is shockingly different from the US and struggling to compete
By the most recent measures, e-commerce accounts for a whopping 21.4% of total retail in China. By comparison, the US is hovering around 12%. In recent years, Walmart has built out a robust online grocery…
In blow to Taiwan, Dominican Republic forges ties with China
Wang, China’s foreign minister, hailed “a new page in the history … Flavio Dario Espinal, legal consultant to the Dominican presidential office, said at a news conference Monday in Santo Domingo that the change in…