“The EU and China consider the Paris agreement as an historic achievement further accelerating the irreversible global low greenhouse gas emission and climate resilient development,” the draft document says. “The Paris Agreement is proof that…
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China and Europe are moving forward without Trump
China, meanwhile, is ready to pounce … Start your day right with the latest news driving global markets, from major stock movers and key economic headlines to important events on the calendar. Daily newsletter, Sunday…
China data protection tightened in new laws
International business groups have appealed against its implementation. In a letter to the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) seen by the Reuters news agency, a group representing European business interests warned that it would lead…
Study: China struggles to kick world-leading cigarette habit
Most smokers in China, the world’s largest tobacco consumer, have no intention of kicking the habit and remain unaware of some of its most damaging health effects, Chinese health officials and outside researchers said Wednesday.…
China struggling to end world-leading cigarette habit: study
BEIJING – A decade-long study has found that most smokers in China, the world’s largest consumer of tobacco, have no intention of quitting and remain unaware of the damaging health effects. The study released Wednesday…
China May factory activity holds up on boost from steel, construction
BEIJING China’s manufacturing and services sectors expanded at a solid pace in May thanks to robust construction and infrastructure investment, welcome news for authorities trying to strike a balance between maintaining stable economic growth and…
Beijing’s rickshaws teeter between tradition, survival
The makeshift red-canopied vehicles are ubiquitous in Beijing: rickshaws traversing narrow alleyways and skyscraper-lined avenues alike. A historic mode of transport, they have survived China’s modernisation, and remain an integral part of city living ……
China factory activity steady in May, services rebound
HONG KONG (AP) — Growth in China’s factory activity was steady last month while the services industry rebounded, according to data released Wednesday that signal the recovery in the world’s No. 2 economy is holding…
China-built railway biggest Kenya project since independence
Kenya’s president on Tuesday opened the country’s largest infrastructure project since independence, a Chinese-backed railway costing nearly $3.3 billion that eventually will link a large part of East Africa to a major port on the…
Japan urges China to pressure North Korea
Japan on Tuesday urged China to exert greater pressure on North Korea to stop its nuclear and missile development, saying Beijing’s role in getting Pyongyang to abandon those efforts was “crucially important.” Japanese Foreign Minister…
Japan urges China to do more to pressure North Korea
Japan has urged China to do more to influence North Korea to help pressure the country to stop its nuclear and missile development. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says that during talks in Tokyo on…
China is behaving like a ‘bully’ in South China Sea: McCain
In a speech in Sydney, McCain said China was asserting itself globally, best illustrated by militarizing artificial islands in the South China Sea, a claim repeatedly rejected by Beijing. “I think it is very clear…
Donald Trump says North Korea missile launch a ‘great disrespect’ to China
US President Donald Trump says North Korea showed “great disrespect” to its major ally China by “shooting off yet another ballistic missile”. Early on Monday morning, North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile that flew…