Common interests between China and the United States far outweigh their differences, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in their first meeting. Wang spoke to Tillerson on the sidelines…
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China bird flu virus may be more extensive: Report
New Delhi: Scientists have claimed that the prevalent bird flu virus in China may be more widespread and extensive than thought. The deadly virus that has killed more than 100 people this winter is hard…
With Beijing, it’s never just about free trade
Charles Burton is an associate professor of political science at Brock University, and is a former counsellor at the Canadian embassy in Beijing Like it or not, Canada opens exploratory free-trade talks with China on…
Smoke and mirrors: Beijing battles to control smog message
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – In its ‘war’ on hazardous air pollution, China’s government has a dilemma: it needs to be open about air quality data to hold polluters to account, but worries that too much bad…
Legendary Cadillac Brand Now More Popular in China Than in the U.S.
Cadillac sales in China have exploded, jumping 44 percent in just one month — compared to a 4 percent year-over-year decline in U.S sales. Cadillac sold 18,011 vehicles in China last month. By comparison, it…
No fake Trump hotels in China. But no special favors for the president either.
President Trump was finally given the formal legal ownership of the “TRUMP” brand to supply construction services in China this week, after a decade-long battle. Let’s be clear: the notification was not a surprise. In…
Snap Inc. IPO values company at $22B US
These amounts are based on the IPO being priced at $15 per share. Snap’s highly anticipated IPO would be the largest since China’s Alibaba Group went public in 2014. But Snap, based in Los Angeles,…
Trump's fame in China could spell the end of the “Trump toilet”
But after a decade of grinding battle in China’s courts, the president was expected to get an unlikely win this week: the rights to his own name. Trump’s late victory in the fight to wrest…
China's overseas property purchases, investments slump as capital controls bite
BEIJING (Reuters) – Property investment by Chinese companies plunged in January as authorities tightened restrictions on capital outflows to support the ailing yuan currency and ease pressure on the country’s foreign exchange reserves. Investment by…
China to regulate carfentanil, seen as 'substantial step' in curbing opioid exports
Dealers cut fentanyls into heroin and other drugs to boost profit margins. Beijing already regulates fentanyl and 18 related compounds. China said it is also placing carfentanil’s less-potent cousins furanyl fentanyl, acryl fentanyl and valeryl…
Foreign Chocolate Brands Defeat Domestically Made Chocolates in China's Valentine Season
According to the National Business Daily, chocolates that are made domestically have suffered a crushing defeat against foreign brands ahead of the Valentine season. The newspaper cited that domestic brands were seldom seen on display…
Chinese luxury shopping returns to growth but how can brands build on the momentum?
But over the last two years the luxury bubble didn’t only burst, it exploded, sending brands in to a store-closing spiral in the country as China’s anti-corruption campaign (a crackdown on government corporate entertaining and…
In China, the Trump Name Is Applied to Everything From Condoms to Toilets
President Donald Trump’s triumph in the fight to wrest back his brand for construction services in China could spell the end of more than 225 Trump-related marks here that don’t belong to him, including Trump…
