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First crude oil shipment of the year bound for China has left Vancouver
Peak break: China adding ‘eco-friendly’ toilet on Mount Everest
The waste from the base camp is taken away daily and is provided to local farmers to use as fertiliser, the news agency reported in February … by an increasing number of climbers. In February,…
Italy’s finance minister says there is no backlash from the US after signing agreement with China
boost Beijing’s international influence and force developing nations to take on high debt burdens. Italy hasn’t suffered any negative reaction from U.S. authorities after having agreed to be part of … ( read original story…
China’s auto show highlights electric ambitions
Communist leaders are shifting the burden to automakers by imposing mandatory sales targets for electrics, adding to financial pressure on them amid … Automakers are looking to China, their biggest … ( read original story…
Beijing’s decade-old airport is at capacity. So China is building a giant second one.
BEIJING — Before the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the Chinese capital unveiled a new airport terminal that covered about 200 football fields in floor space, boasted a capacity of 50 million passengers a … (…
Mnuchin says hopes U.S.-China trade talks nearing ‘final round’
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday a U.S.-China trade agreement would go “way beyond” previous efforts to open China’s markets to U.S. companies and hoped that the two sides were … ( read…
US wants World Bank to give more support to poorest nations
WASHINGTON – The World Bank, a major source of development lending, needs to make more progress in shifting its loans away from fast-growing economies such as China and devoting more support to the … (…
China’s ‘funds by phone’ culture leads the world
According to Oliver Wyman, the financial consultancy, assets under management at Chinese fund companies reached $7.4tn at the end of 2017, up from $1.6tn in 2012. It estimates that the amount will be … (…
China Data Not Enough to Rescue Stocks From Worst Week of 2019
Looking ahead, traders will want to see how the People’s Bank of China reacts to a $54.6 billion wall of maturing loans next week. The central bank hasn’t injected cash into the financial system for…
China’s JD.com boss criticizes ‘slackers’ as company makes cuts
he added The term he used, which is commonly translated in China as “slackers” can be … where too many people and too many business leaders or department leaders have been laid off. ( read…
Canadian canola spat shows China has ‘ways of hurting’ trade partners for political ends
Last year, Canadian canola shipments to China were worth $2.7 billion. It was a flow that supplied Chinese consumers with oil and farmers with feed. But in the last few weeks, that flow has been…
China : First Showcase of 5G Vertical LAN Developed through Huaweis Cooperation with China Mobile and Baidu
Apr 12, 2019 (Euclid Infotech Ltd via COMTEX) — Beijing, China Mobile joined hands with Huawei and Baidu to showcase the SA-based 5G Vertical LAN technology for the first time. This technology … ( read…
Beijing-funded classes on China for Canadian kids are a lesson in propaganda: expert
Canadian school children have been learning about Chinese culture in weekly classes funded by Beijing, but one expert argues they’re also getting a lesson in propaganda. “It’s basically a classroom … ( read original story…
