African leaders descend on China’s capital this week, seeking funds for big-ticket infrastructure projects as they eye mounting great power competition over resources …
Monthly Archives For September 2024
Slowly but surely, SM growing China presence
The SM Group is taking a slow and steady approach to the expansion of its mall network in China amid tighter competition.
Imports of goods like umbrellas, musical items from China hurting Indian MSMEs: GTRI
The GTRI data analysis stated that China supplies 95.8 per cent of India’s umbrellas and sun umbrellas (USD 31 million) and 91.9 per cent of artificial flowers and human hair articles (USD 14 million) …
Chinese Imports Hurt Indian MSMEs: GTRI Report
A new report by GTRI reveals that Chinese imports of goods like umbrellas, toys, and musical instruments are severely impacting Indian MSMEs, leading to job losses and economic slowdown.
Penny-pinching Youth Transforming China’s Bubble Tea Craze
Sweet, milky and colourful — bubble tea is wildly popular in China, where people sipping through straws from large plastic cups is a common sight in high streets and shopping malls across the country …
China will fund 240 students to go to US universities despite geopolitical tensions
The China Scholarship Council will help up to 240 outstanding students to go to the US next year for master’s or doctoral studies at seven partner universities.
China Is Playing Games With the US in the Pacific
While Beijing and Washington vie for influence in Oceania, a Chinese video game challenges US cultural primacy.
Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the background
VATICAN CITY (AP) — If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate, it’s that he’s bringing along…
These South Jersey metal makers say unfair imports slow sales, hiring. Would more tariffs help?
Metal plants are seeking even tariff protection against cheap imports from China and its many trading partners. Victory could bring back hundreds of jobs at this Pennsauken plant.
AP PHOTOS: Beijing’s imperial palace bustles with throngs of visitors in Qing dynasty costumes
BEIJING, China — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical …
China’s electric vehicle makers scramble for EU tariff deal, with price floor on the table
Chinese carmakers offering to set minimum prices and volume limits, but insiders say proposals are unlikely to convince Brussels.
KFC, McDonald’s, Haidilao push small-store format to beat China’s consumption downgrade
Fast-food kiosks are sprouting up in mainland cities, as fast-food restaurant chains like Yum China, McDonald’s and Haidilao compete for consumer dollars.
Xi Story: Xi-proposed principle brings China, Africa closer
An article titled Be Trustworthy Friends and Sincere Partners Forever that was included in the first volume of Chinese President Xi Jinping book on go …
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