Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization to seek a reversal of Beijing’s ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive water from the …
Monthly Archives For August 2023
US commerce chief meets Chinese premier in Beijing
By David Shepardson BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met China’s Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Tuesday, her second full day of talks with top Chinese leaders on balancing …
Paid Late, or Never: Painters, Builders and Brokers Hit by China’s Property Crisis
As a real estate meltdown ripples through the economy, small businesses and workers are owed hundreds of billions of dollars, and new projects have dried up.
US commerce chief set to meet Chinese vice premier in Beijing
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is meeting China’s vice premier He Lifeng on Tuesday, her second full day of talks in Beijing, aiming to boost business ties and communications. She is the latest …
Evacuations as downpours flood eastern, central China
STORY: Images on CCTV, filmed in the past two days, showed emergency responders in Hubei and Jiangxi provinces wading through high levels of floodwater to reach trapped residents, before evacuating them from flooded buildings on…
US and China to begin dialogue on export controls
US and Chinese officials are set to begin a new dialogue on export controls on Tuesday, agreed during a visit by Washington’s secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo to Beijing to restore relations …
Tears as Malaysia-born panda cubs head to China
Tearful Malaysians said goodbye to two panda cubs Tuesday as authorities prepared to send them to China after years of delays because of the Covid-19 pandemic.Yi Yi and Sheng Yi — born in 2018 and…
Japan Says May Take China to WTO Over Fukushima-Driven Seafood Import Ban
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan threatened on Tuesday to take China to the World Trade Organization to seek a reversal of Beijing’s ban on all of its seafood imports after the release of treated radioactive …
COLUMN-China’s thermal coal imports rise amid domestic price, output woes: Russell
This is up 8.4% from the low so far in 2023 of 770 yuan a metric ton, reached on June 5.In contrast, the main grades of thermal seaborne coal that China buys have seen prices…
Japan hints at complaint to WTO over China’s seafood import ban
Japanese ministers indicated Tuesday the government might file a complaint to the World Trade Organization over China’s decision to ban all Japanese seafood imports after treated radioactive water …
China’s central bank conducts 385-bln-yuan reverse repos
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) — China’s central bank conducted 385 billion yuan (about 53.58 billion U.S. dollars) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.8 percent Tuesday. The move aims to …
China to conduct central bank bills swap Tuesday
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) — The People’s Bank of China, or the central bank, will conduct a central bank bills swap (CBS) operation on Tuesday to improve the liquidity of perpetual bonds. The …
Deflation, troubling exports add to China’s economic malaise
If China cannot address its malaise soon, the global economy could be in peril as, according to IMF estimates, China is likely to contribute almost 35% to global growth in 2023. Since China had set…
