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Export groups welcome China trade pact progress
Top goods imports from China are clothing, cellphones and computers. • Top services imports are other business services, other personal travel and transportation services ( read original story …)
Beijing to ban polluting cars during smog alerts
BEIJING Beijing will next year ban highly polluting old cars from being driven whenever air quality alerts are issued in the city or neighboring regions, the city’s environmental protection bureau said on Monday. China has…
China will not shut the door on globalisation, president Xi Jinping vows
China will not “shut the door” on globalisation, despite Donald Trump’s threats to abandon free trade deals and slap tariffs on the world’s second largest economy, president Xi Jinping has vowed. Mr Xi described Mr…
Philippines president to declare disputed area in South China Sea a no-fishing zone
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to issue a formal order declaring a sprawling lagoon in a disputed South China Sea shoal a maritime sanctuary where Filipinos and Chinese will be prohibited…
PICS: China tackles its trash challenge
Wujiang, China – Thousands of tons of urban waste are hidden behind scrubbed white walls at a new power plant on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Wujiang, with even its chimney disguised as…
The Latest: Philippine Leader Looks to China-Led Development
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has promised his Chinese counterpart that he will align his foreign policy toward China-led Asian economic development, further reinforcing his shift toward China amid his hostile stance toward the U.S. Duterte…
China’s Influence Grows in Ashes of Trans-Pacific Trade Pact
Even American business leaders are positioning themselves for the potential … turning them into prosperous manufacturing powerhouses. But China is now the largest trading partner for most of the region, while at the same time…
China state media warn Trump against renouncing free trade deals
“Turning his trade-bashing campaign talks into actual policies could bash any hope that the Asia-Pacific will finally have its much-wanted free trade deal,” said a commentary in the official Xinhua news agency … the exclusion…
JP Morgan pays $264m to settle China 'bribery' probe
US bank JP Morgan Chase is to pay $264m (£212m) to settle claims it hired the children of highly placed Chinese officials to gain business in China. The Department of Justice called the scheme “bribery…
VW, Didi in talks for high-end car-hailing service in China
Volkswagen AG said on Thursday it is in talks with China’s Didi Chuxing to set up a high-end ride-hailing service, while also announcing ambitious sales goals for electric and hybrid vehicles in the world’s biggest…
China clamps down on Net
China’s leaders and official media are pushing for greater control of the internet and technology products as tensions surrounding a far-reaching Chinese cybersecurity law loom over a gathering this week of the world’s leading tech…
China, US must avoid eying each other with suspicion during Trump presidency, says Beijing’s ambassador in Washington
China and the United States must avoid being too suspicious of each other’s strategic intentions, China’s ambassador to the United States said on Wednesday while looking ahead to the US presidency of Donald Trump. Trump…