According to Wang, Chinese business people regret that the European Union has not dropped its “surrogate country” approach－a way that some countries use to calculate the normal value of export products from “non-market economies” like…
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China says it wants smooth military ties with Trump
“China is willing to work hard together with the defense department of the next U.S. government to promote the healthy and stable development of military-to-military relations,” Yang told a monthly news briefing. Trump will take…
Softwood lumber dispute with U.S. sees B.C. turn to China, India
VICTORIA – The prospect of a reignited trade dispute with the United States over Canadian softwood lumber exports has British Columbia looking for new customers in China and India. Mike de Jong, B.C.’s minister of…
Survey shows German firms 'less welcome' in China
A tough 2016 is leading German companies to curtail plans for China, but not to leave the market. But an annual survey suggests they think the business climate will improve next year. German companies are…
Beijing untypically quiet on Taiwan drills in South China Sea
ITU ABA, South China Sea Taiwan held rescue drills on Tuesday off the coast of its sole outpost in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea, but the biggest claimant in the disputed area…
China looks to clamp down on foreign investments
regulators are contemplating new measures that could include detailed scrutiny of purchases outside China and a temporary cap on overseas buying, set at $10-billion (U.S.) for foreign investments, $1-billion for assets outside a company’s core…
China Southern flights between Guangzhou and Christchurch
China Southern Airlines is to ramp up its flights between Guangzhou and Christchurch over the summer, with flights stepping up to five times per week, from three times, and then daily for just over a…
China plans to build $2bn film studio
China’s government has announced it will build a $2bn (£1.6bn) film studio in another push to expand China’s already burgeoning film industry. The studio, based in Chongqing in the south west of the country, will…
China offers huge trade opportunities
LAHORE – Luo Qiang, leader of the high ranking Chinese business delegation, on Sunday said that there was a vast scope for further enhancement of bilateral trade between Pakistan and China in furniture sector and…
Beijing warns against Taiwan ties as Singapore tries to free troop carriers in Hong Kong
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE Beijing on Friday warned countries against maintaining military ties with Taiwan, after Singaporean armored troop carriers were seized en route from the island that Beijing regards as a breakaway province. Chinese foreign ministry…
Japan And China Have A Long Way To Go Before Catching Up With America In Entrepreneurship
China and Japan are the world’s second and third largest … Tight immigration policies and a conservative business culture add to the talent shortage, because they make it difficult for Japan to attract and retain…
Castro's death a reminder in China of changed communist axis
BEIJING — In the shadow of east Beijing’s soaring glass skyscrapers, elderly retirees still speak nostalgically about their Cuban brothers-in-arm, faraway comrades bound by communist solidarity. But in central Beijing’s halls of power, Cuba is…
‘Something Is Wrong’: Fresh Fish Vanish From Beijing Stores, Raising Suspicions
BEIJING — In supermarkets across the Chinese capital, shoppers have been staring, baffled by empty fish tanks and asking: Where have all the fish gone? Carp and other freshwater fish usually sold alive and flapping…
