HNA’s top backers include China Development Bank, whose Hainan office in 2012 provided the group with a 100 billion-yuan line of credit, along with other Chinese state-owned lenders. After two significant HNA acquisitions closed in…
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Chinese mobile-payment apps launch in Vancouver, Toronto
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China 28 years after Tiananmen massacre
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China upset at Mattis’ ‘irresponsible remarks’ on South China Sea
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B.C. winery owners’ daughter ‘optimistic’ government is working to free her parents in China
The daughter of two B.C. winery owners detained in China left Ottawa on Friday “optimistic” the federal government is working to free her parents. Amy Chang spent most of the week in Ottawa pleading with…
China: Archaeologists discover lost temple after 1,000 years
The Fugan temple lasted from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420 A.D.) to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 A.D.) Beijing: Archaeologists have excavated a temple in China`s Chengdu city … (1127-1279 A.D.), Xinhua news agency reported.…
China’s huge interest in durians worrying, say farmers
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China in ‘direct disregard’ for international order, Bishop says
The Prime Minister spoke realistically and pragmatically about the way things are,” she told Sky News. “The fact is in the South China Sea China has unilaterally reclaimed features, built military features on islands and…
