China’s customs authority finalised an agreement to allow imports of Brazilian corn, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday, lining up an alternative to U.S. corn to replace imports from Ukraine.Sim …
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UN rights chief speaks with Xi during high-stakes China visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Wednesday by video with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who is on a visit that has drawn criticism from rights groups and which the …
Beijing Punishes Officials Over Covid; Tianjin Area Locked Down
Beijing punished a dozen officials over two Covid-19 clusters as China’s capital continues to report new infections in its now monthlong outbreak, while the nearby port city of Tianjin locked down its …
Tightening COVID Net, Beijing Deals Out Punishments, Stark Warnings
In one example of disciplinary action, some employees at the state-run Beijing postal service were either dismissed or given a stern warning after a cluster of cases hit a private …
Exclusive-China Seeks Pacific Islands Policing, Security Cooperation – Document
China will seek a region-wide deal with almost a dozen Pacific islands covering policing, security and data communications cooperation when Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts a meeting in Fiji next week, …
China’s Communist Party expels state-owned insurer’s executive accused of graft
SHANGHAI, May 25 (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a former … up efforts in recent years to weed out corrupt Communist Party officials in the financial sector. Last week, the …
Asia stocks up but investors worry about rate hikes, China lockdowns
“In Asia, investor debate centers on whether or not China’s easing policies are sufficient to offset … Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via …
IPEF aims to be an ‘economic alliance’ against China’s emergence: Ex-India trade secretary
Ajay Dua, former India trade secretary, discusses the four pillars of President Joe Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
VNET Reports First Quarter 2022 Unaudited Financial Results
VNET Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) (“VNET” or the “Company”), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral Internet data center services provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the …
Former Chinese commercial counselor discusses why China should be included in IPEF
He Weiwen, the former commercial counselor at the Chinese Embassy in New York and San Francisco, says China should be included in all trade agreements in Asia because it is a major player and economy…
GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks up but investors worry about rate hikes, China lockdowns
Asia stocks rose on Wednesday even as central banks piled into aggressive rate hikes to battle soaring inflation and left investors worried about slower global growth. MSCI’s broadest index of …
China’s solar power brightens up overseas markets
China’s solar module exports rose to 41.3 gigawatts of capacity in the first quarter, up 109 percent compared with the same period of the previous year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the …
Australia’s government urges China to remove trade barriers
Australia’s new government has urged China to lift trade sanctions if it wants to reset a bilateral relationship that plumbed new depths under the previous administration.