BEIJING: China’s vehicle sales jumped 13.7 per cent in 2016, the fastest pace in three years, thanks to a tax cut on small-engine cars but growth is expected to slow this year as the incentive…
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Tillerson Says China Can’t Have Access to South China Sea Isles
In an apparent toughening of the U.S.’s stance on the South China Sea, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State said China must be denied access to artificial islands built in the disputed waters.…
China nabs 720 people in pollution crackdown
In 2016, 720 people were detained in China for damaging the environment, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing information disclosed at a national environmental work conference. The agency added that Beijing rejected 11 projects…
John McCallum 'excited' to be next ambassador to China
He needs to talk about improving trade but improving trade on an equal playing field,” Kent told CBC News. McCallum wants more Chinese immigrants, students, tourists China, Canada exploring free trade deal Sarah Katulakos, executive…
China aircraft carrier crosses Taiwan Strait amid tension
China’s only aircraft carrier has led several warships across the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s defence ministry said. The Liaoning was returning from drills in the South China Sea. It did not enter Taiwanese waters but did…
Big Brother collecting big data — and in China, it's all for sale
Living in China, it’s safe to assume pretty much everything about you is known — or easily can be known — by the government. Where you go, who you’re with, which restaurants you like, when…
China's rugby revolution: $100M mission to grow 'olive ball'
After the deal, Alisports chief executive Zhang Dazhong spoke of the “undoubted potential” for rugby to become a “mass-participation sport” in China, while national captain Ma Chong told the AFP news agency, “as an athlete,…
Beijing forms force to police smog
BEIJING — Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning in the city, the latest government response to the widespread public anger over China’s persistent problems with smog.…
China refutes claims it’s a major source of fentanyl
“It is unsubstantiated to assert that China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the U.S. and Canada,” said an article in Reference News, a Beijing…
China vows to keep slashing excess industrial capacity
Other industries such as cement and glass are also “actively” cutting capacity, Xu said at a news conference. China’s trade partners accuse the country of dumping excess steel, coal, cement and glass on world markets.…
China warns US on Taiwan leader's stopover
Chinese state media has warned the US against deviating from the one-China policy, hours after the Taiwanese leader stopped briefly in Houston. Tsai Ing-wen met Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Governor Greg Abbott during her…
China Warns After Cruz, Abbott Meet Taiwan's President
At a news briefing in Beijing on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China was firmly opposed to any contact between Taiwan’s leader and “anyone from the U.S. government.” He said such contacts threaten…
China's poorest reliant on coal to stay warm, adding to smog
Last week, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted a Beijing official saying coal-burning furnaces for heating have now been completely removed from the city’s urban districts. But in rural Qian’an, 220 kilometres (140 miles) from…
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