HONG KONG Hong Kong’s stock exchange will bank on its role as a gateway to mainland China’s deep-pocketed investors to take on other leading venues and win the coveted $100 billion listing of Saudi Arabia’s…
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China praises courts for punishing state security crimes
China typically hands out death sentences in cases of murder, rape, robbery and drug offenses. Associated Press news assistant Henry Hou contributed to this report. ( read original story …)
China's new stealth jet just entered service — and it exposes a huge weakness for the US
Furthermore, China built the J-20 specifically to counter a weak point in the US Air Force: unarmed aerial refuelers and airborne early warning and control aircraft. A senior scientist working on stealth programs told Business…
China-U.S. trade war would only cause pain: commerce minister
China’s Commerce Minister Zhong Shan attends a news conference on the sidelines of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijin Thomson Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – A trade war between China and the United States would…
China Approves 38 New Trump Trademarks for His Businesses
Painter is involved in a lawsuit alleging that Trump’s foreign business ties violate the U.S. Constitution. Trump has dismissed the lawsuit as “totally without merit.” China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce, which oversees the…
China corporate debt levels excessively high, no quick fix, says PBOC
BEIJING: China’s corporate debt levels are too high but it will take time to bring them down to more manageable levels, the head of the central bank said on Friday, underlining an uphill battle to…
Airfare of the Day: Air China Business Class FCO-HKG USD 1739
Today’s Airfare of the day goes to Air China’s interesting business class fares between Rome and Hong Kong. You can access Air China’s website here. Air China flies its new B787-9 Dreamliner between FCO and…
Homan rink working on its timing for worlds in China
By the time they leave, they will be staying up until 3 a.m., and waking up at noon. Getting to Beijing four days before the women’s world curling championships begin on Saturday should give them…
Living loud in China's lively public spaces
China does not have those cities … I can remember being in London many years ago on a backpacking trip when I got the news that a good friend, a brilliant young doctor, had died…
China to step up patrols to create 'first class' navy
BEIJING China will step up patrols and ensure it has a “first class” navy equipped with the best armaments, senior military officers told the official Xinhua news agency, as China steps up its ability to…
China vows to strike against separatism on Tibet uprising anniversary
The sensitive anniversary coincided with the yearly news conference of Tibet’s delegation to China’s annual meeting of parliament, under way in Beijing. Che Dalha, Tibet’s governor, said the government would “hold a clear-cut stand against…
China tries to play ref and stop ‘head-on collision’ between North Korea and the U.S.
Wang’s push for revived North Korean talks came during an annual news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in which he also praised his new U.S. counterpart, Rex Tillerson, and reaffirmed China’s…
China tries to reassure foreign companies over industry plan
China’s industry minister on Saturday defended a manufacturing development plan and rejected complaints foreign makers of electric cars and other goods might be pressured to hand over technology or forced out of promising markets. Miao…
