BEIJING: China has ended the year with its old growth engines roaring and new drivers like consumption in robust health, defying the prophets of doom yet again. Now, it confronts 2017 with fresh questions over…
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China economy defies prophets of doom as 2017 risks loom
China details regulation on business investment management
BEIJING: The Chinese government on Wednesday released a regulation on the management of business investment projects, as it seeks to streamline government functions to give more power to the market. The 24-clause regulation states that…
Miss World Canada is back to challenge China on organ-harvesting
Anastasia Lin wants to tell a global TV audience about the evil of organ-harvesting. Lin was due to compete at Miss World last year when it was hosted by China but was barred from entering…
China defends its right to 'ready slingshot' in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China defended its right on Thursday to put “necessary military installations” on artificial islands in the South China Sea, after a U.S. think-tank said Beijing appeared to have deployed weapons such as…
China may penalise US automaker over price-fixing; GM, Ford shares off
The warning from a senior Chinese state planning official, conveyed through the official China Daily newspaper on Wednesday, came days after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump questioned the longstanding U.S. policy of acknowledging that Taiwan is…
Fonterra to fund its Chinese operations with new $300m banking facility
Fonterra has set up a $300 million bank facility with Bank of China New Zealand which the co-operative says will provide greater flexibility in how it funds its Chinese operations. Bank of China established a…
China's spiralling property prices
That may be beyond her reach, as it is for many of China’s migrant workers, the people who have driven this nation’s impressive economic growth story. On her break, Yilin says she’d love to buy…
Beijing adds weapons to South China Sea islands: report
BEIJING – China appears to have installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea, a U.S. security think-tank says, upping the stakes in what many see as…
What Donald Trump’s China playbook tells us about his plans for Canada
Earlier this month, Trump accepted congrats from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, in an effective breach of the United States’ “One China” policy. Under that long-standing policy, the U.S. does not maintain official diplomatic relations with…
China may penalise U.S. automaker over price-fixing; GM, Ford shares off
The warning from a senior Chinese state planning official, conveyed through the official China Daily newspaper on Wednesday, came days after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump questioned the longstanding U.S. policy of acknowledging that Taiwan is…
Targeting U.S. automaker signals possible China retaliation over Trump talk
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s plan to punish a U.S. automaker accused of price-fixing is a sign of how Beijing could retaliate if President-elect Donald Trump upends decades of relations between the two nations. Trump’s assertion…
Smokers chased in Beijing as China considers national law
BEIJING – A group of anti-smoking volunteers in blue vests marched through an office building on a recent morning in China’s capital, trailed by two police officers and the building’s management. As people peered out…
Amazon brings Prime Video to Canada; global launch excludes China
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday launched its video-on-demand service, Prime Video, in nearly every country except China, pitting itself against video-streaming pioneer Netflix Inc. Prime Video, home to popular shows such as “The Grand Tour”, “Transparent…
