In a policy document published by state news agency Xinhua, China’s cabinet said all regions were under instruction to decide on their “red lines” before 2020. The heavily industrialised region of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in northern China,…
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China investigates 'rare pangolin banquet' in Guangxi
The pangolin is on China’s list of endangered wild animals … and Chinese forestry officials have since said they are probing the incident, reported Chinese media. News outlets have identified the Weibo user as a…
Sparks fly as Vatican conference challenges China on organs harvested from prisoners
VATICAN CITY – Participants at a Vatican conference on organ trafficking challenged China on Tuesday to allow independent scrutiny to ensure it is no longer using organs from executed prisoners, saying Chinese assurances aren’t enough…
Vatican defends China invite to organ trafficking summit
The Vatican has defended its decision to invite China to a conference on organ trafficking despite its record of using executed inmates as organ donors. The head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS) admitted…
China News – Citi, JPMorgan
Reuters reports that Citigroup is the first U.S.-based bank to be granted the Type A license to act as a bond settlement agent in China’s interbank bond market. Other global banks with such a license…
South China Sea: 'There cannot be' conflict between US and China, Foreign Minister warns
China’s Foreign Minister has warned that both sides would lose in a conflict between his country and the United States over the South China Sea. In a press conference in Canberra with his Australian counterpart…
US should 'brush up on' South China Sea history: China
BEIJING: The United States needs to brush up on its history about the South China Sea, as World War II-related agreements mandated that all Chinese territories taken by Japan had to be returned to China,…
China, US cannot afford conflict: Chinese foreign minister
SYDNEY: There would be no winner from conflict between China and the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned on Tuesday, seeking to dampen tension between the two nations that flared after the election…
Disney boss warns China trade war would be damaging
Walt Disney’s chief executive has warned that a trade war between the US and China would be bad for business. China is increasingly important for the firm’s movie and merchandise sales. And it says Disneyland…
China's foreign reserves fall to nearly 6-year low
The shrinkage for seven months in a row shows that capital has continued to flow out of China and suggests it has intervened in currency markets by aggressively selling U.S. dollars to support the yuan.…
China says both sides will lose from conflict with US
China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich … “Beijing certainly welcomes a deep engagement with the United States,” she told Sky News. “They are looking forward to an era of cooperation, they see…
China seeks to show pope, world its organ trafficking reforms
China is stepping up its efforts to persuade the international medical community that it has stopped using executed prisoners as organ donors, sending a high-level delegation to a Vatican conference amid continued skepticism that the…
China sails warships near islands Mattis vowed to defend for Japan
The ships sailed within Japan’s territorial waters some 12 nautical miles off the islands in the East China Sea, roughly 140 miles northeast of Taiwan, a U.S. defense official told Fox News. On his first…
