China’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is scouting for long-term investment opportunities in the United States, an executive said, after a fund co-established with Goldman Sachs Group Inc raised $2 … ( read original story…
Monthly Archives For March 2021
China Evergrande plans to build a HK$4 billion Versailles-like mansion on wetland near Hong Kong’s border with Shenzhen
Mainland Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group has paid HK$4.2 billion (US$541 million) to convert a plot of farmland in the Hong Kong’s New Territories for an ultra luxury project, … ( read original story…
Beijing to Berlin: respect South China Sea sovereignty during frigate visit
Beijing has called on Germany not to infringe on the sovereignty of South China Sea claimants, in response to Berlin’s plans to send a frigate to the region in August. Chinese foreign ministry … (…
EXPLAINER: What to look for at China’s annual Congress
China’s legislature begins its annual meeting this week with economic growth, climate and a crackdown on political opponents in Hong Kong expected to be on the agenda … ( read original story …)
Biden administration singles out China as ‘biggest geopolitical test’ for U.S.
President Joe Biden singled out a “growing rivalry with China” as a key challenge facing the United States, with his top diplomat describing the Asian country as “the biggest geopolitical test” of … ( read…
U.S.-China relations remain strained under Biden administration
Lawmakers in China are meeting over the next week for their annual Two Sessions parliamentary conference. The current tense state of U.S.-China relations will have a looming presence at the week-long … ( read original…
Interpol warns fake vaccines seized in China and South Africa are ‘tip of iceberg’
Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of fake doses of Covid-19 vaccine … ( read original story …)
German TK Elevator provides mobility solutions for China’s Shenzhen Airport
German TK Elevator would provide the new satellite concourse of Shenzhen Airport in China with 40 elevators, 38 escalators, 30 moving walks and two platform lifts, the company announced on Wednesday. ( read original story…
South China Sea: Beijing warning as Germany sends first warship to region since 2002
BEIJING has issued a warning to Germany after the European nation declared plans to send a warship to the South China Sea this summer as tension in the disputed region continues to build. ( read…
China claims it has beaten extreme poverty, but what has it actually achieved?
President Xi Jinping called it a major victory for the Chinese Communist Party, but experts say there’s still a lot to be done … ( read original story …)
What to Watch as China Rolls Out an Economic Plan to Overtake the U.S.
China kicks off its biggest political meeting of the year Friday, laying out plans that could propel the economy into the world’s biggest this decade. ( read original story …)
Beijing sent warning shot over provocative behaviour in South China Sea
The US has previously lambasted Beijing over its “provocative militarisation” of the contested region. Things went up a notch on Tuesday when Taiwan began the first of six tests on cruise missiles … ( read…
Secretary of State Blinken: COVID-19, China among top foreign policy concerns
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday outlined his department’s most urgent policy concerns, pointing to a number of issues he says are “simultaneously domestic and foreign.” … ( read original story …)
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