Foreign Secretary James Cleverly’s one-day trip to Beijing seen as helping to reopen the communication channels.
Monthly Archives For September 2023
Congress of returned overseas Chinese concludes in Beijing
BEIJING — The 11th national congress of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives concluded in Beijing on Sunday. Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of…
Tourists’ slow return to China post-Covid causing headaches for travel industry
Inbound travel to China was halted for three years from March 2020 due to the pandemic. But in January this year, China removed most of its Covid restrictions, becoming the last country in Asia …
US expects to upgrade Vietnam ties, risks China anger
The United States expects to elevate its diplomatic relations with former foe Vietnam to the top level as President Joe Biden travels to Hanoi in a week, in a move that may irk China and…
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region sees signing of over 50 projects worth $14B
A total of 51 projects with a contract amount of 104.5 billion yuan ($14.39 billion) were signed across the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region at an event of the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in …
Malaysia’s Forest City Teeters Over China Property Giant Woes
On the approach to Malaysia’s $100-billion island megaproject backed by Chinese investment, a collapsed bridge forces drivers to detour before they reach an artificial city emerging from palm oil …
Laptops, PCs Imports May Require ‘Trusted Source’ Approval: Centre’s New Plan To Control Imports From China
In addition to laptops, personal computers, and servers, this directive might also extend to a wide array of completed IT hardware devices, such as 5G sensors, which are mainly sourced from China.
Engineering group ABB ‘pretty pessimistic’ on China: ‘It will be challenging for the rest of the year’
China, a powerhouse of manufacturing often referred as “the world’s factory” due to its influence on global trade, is ABB’s second-biggest market.
China to Its People: Spies Are Everywhere, Help Us Catch Them
As Beijing tries to enlist the “whole of society” to guard against foreign enemies, the line between vigilance and paranoia fades.
How Xi Returned China to One-Man Rule
For decades, China built guardrails to prevent another Mao. Here’s how Xi Jinping has dismantled them and created his own machinery of power.
Italy moves to weaken ties with China without upsetting Beijing
MILAN – When Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani travels to China this weekend, he will be balancing two competing interests: laying the ground for Italy’s exit from a controversial investment pact with …
China’s surprise tax breaks offer short-term boost but won’t be solution to economic woes: expert
China’s flurry of moves to stimulate its economy have provided a small boost, but those policies are unlikely sustainable and will not result in long-term growth.
China ramps up backing for its yuan with housing market
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), declared a strategic move to cut the reserve requirement of foreign currency for financial institutions. This not-so-subtle signal of their …
