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at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong. The reports of a possible merger of the two Chinese companies triggered concerns it could complicate China National Chemicals Corp’s (ChemChina) acquisition of Syngenta , which would…
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China said Sunday that its one-China policy is “non-negotiable” after President-elect Donald Trump suggested that he might use American policy on Taiwan as a bargaining chip between the two sides. China Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu…
China warns Trump that its stance on Taiwan is 'non negotiable' after the Donald made moves towards recognizing the island nation
The country’s foreign ministry described the ‘one China’ policy as ‘non-negotiable’, in a statement released on Sunday. Since recognizing Beijing in 1979, Washington has maintained only unofficial ties with Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing…
China, eager for telecoms reform, calls for private investment
The country’s big telecoms firms, China Telecom Corp Ltd, China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd and China Mobile Ltd, are all units of unwieldy state-owned enterprises. Those parent firms are seen as heavily overstaffed, inefficient and…
