WASHINGTON — The Inter-American Development Bank on Friday canceled a meeting of its member countries due to be held in China next week after Beijing refused to allow a representative of Venezuelan … ( read…
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China has stopped buying Canadian canola seed
Growing security fears hobble global ambitions of Chinese tech giant Huawei Against the backdrop of escalating trade tensions with China, there is much speculation that pushing back against a major … ( read original story…
China has stopped all canola imports from Canada, industry group says
The Canola Council of Canada says China (CCC) has stopped buying canola seeds from Canada. Earlier this month, China started blocking canola imports from Canada, citing the detection of … ( read original story …)
Italian Move to Join China’s Belt and Road Coup for Beijing
BEIJING — Despite criticisms, Beijing has been steadily gathering support for its “Belt and Road” initiative, which aims to weave a network of ports, bridges and power plants linking China with Africa … ( read…
Beijing Festival Unveils ‘Max Max,’ ‘Bourne,’ Kurosawa Screening Series
The upcoming Beijing International Film Festival will give space to high profile Hollywood franchise movies with screenings of all films in both the “Mad Max” and “Bourne Identity” series. ( read original story …)
Xi Jinping taps unspoken authority to transform Beijing into a ‘tidy’ city
BEIJING — In a meeting with Beijing municipal officials in the fall of 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping made what could have seemed like an offhand remark. Mr. Xi observed that Beijing’s skyline was ……
Beijing-friendly Taiwanese mayor Han Kuo-yu arrives in Hong Kong for historic meeting
The new Beijing-friendly mayor of Taiwan’s third-largest city has arrived in Hong Kong for a rare visit to meet with top officials and promote trade. Han Kuo-yu, a star in Taiwan’s opposition … ( read…
Beijing-friendly Taiwanese mayor arrives in Hong Kong for historic meeting in first visit of its kind in a decade
The new Beijing-friendly mayor of Taiwan’s third largest city has arrived in Hong Kong for a rare visit to meet with top officials and promote trade. Han Kuo-yu, a star in Taiwan’s opposition … (…
China chemical plant blast kills 47, injures hundreds more
BEIJING — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations … demanded “all-out efforts” to find and rescue victims, the official Xinhua News Agency … (…
Asian stocks mixed on doubts over U.S.-China trade deal
On Thursday, CNBC, citing two sources familiar with the matter, said President Donald Trump wants China to “double or triple” its offer to buy up to $1.2 trillion of American products over six years. ……
Vietnam protests to China about local boat sinking in South China Sea
China claims 90 percent of the South China Sea, where it has steadily expanded military and other installations on artificial islands and reefs, unnerving the region and angering Washington. Got a … ( read original…
China has responsibility to not shield Pakistan: US
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi shake hands after a news conference at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China March 19, 2019. WASHINGTON: … ( read original story…
China chemical plant explosion kills six in Yancheng
China’s earthquake administration reported a tremor equivalent … The cause of the accident is under investigation.” State news agency Xinhua said shockwaves from the blast had brought down nearby … ( read original story …)
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