China’s imports grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in November, fuelled by its strong thirst for commodities from coal to iron ore, while exports also rose unexpectedly, reflecting a pick-up in…
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Terry Branstad 'old friend of China to be US ambassador'
Mr Trump has accused China of “raping” the US by devaluing its currency and … for me to be owning stock when I’m making deals for this country,” he told NBC News. Without any tax…
China PRAISES Trump's choice of ambassador days after The Donald blasts Beijing on Twitter
And now Chinese officials have praised the selection of Mr Branstad for the role, just days after White House officials hastily reassured Beijing the US agrees with the “one China” policy following Mr Trump’s meeting…
China 2016 Asian International Stamp Exhibition Closed in Nanning
In addition, an international philately seminar organized by the UPU and the State Postal Bureau of the People’s Republic of China was held during the event. The organizers also held activities like the fourth lottery-drawing…
Apple blames external damage for flaming China iPhones
Apple has blamed “external physical damage” for causing a handful of iPhones to explode or catch fire in China and insisted that its handsets posed no safety problem. Fresh on the heels of Samsung’s worldwide…
Trump picks longtime friend of Beijing as U.S. ambassador to China
“We welcome him to play a greater role in advancing the development of China-U.S. relations,” he told a daily news briefing. Xi’s ties to Iowa go back more than 30 years: he visited Iowa in…
Trump taps Branstad as China ambassador, Kelly as DHS chief
He tapped retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly to be his homeland security chief, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad as ambassador to China and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Trump’s…
China's First Tourist: How President Xi Jinping is changing the travel industry
To keep up with Xi’s movement, many Chinese netizens follow celeb fan blogger Xue Xi Fen Si Tuan, who sometimes releases Xi’s official itineraries and whereabouts before China’s official news agency. 6. Macau gambling cooler…
China, Gabon lift ties to comprehensive cooperative partnership
(Xinhua/Pang Xinglei) (mp) BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting President of the Republic of Gabon Ali Bongo Ondimba agreed on Wednesday to lift China-Gabon relations to a comprehensive cooperative partnership…
Trump's Taiwan phone call was a calculated message to Beijing
Wenran Jiang is a political science professor at the University of Alberta and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Scholars in Washington U.S. president-elect Donald Trump broke a nearly four-decade-long protocol…
Taiwan call 'end of wishful thinking' about U.S.-China relations under Trump
He has filed stories from every continent for CBC News. Instagram: @sasapetricic The headline in the Chinese Communist Party newspaper, The People’s Daily, sums up a common view: “Trump’s Irrational China Bashing Shows his Ignorance…
11 trapped in China's latest coal mine accident
China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that the Monday night explosion occurred at a mine in central China’s Hubei province. It did not provide details on what caused the blast, but such incidents usually happen…
China appeals to U.S. to stop disrupting acquisitions
BEIJING — China has urged Washington to stop disrupting its foreign corporate acquisitions after President Barack Obama blocked the purchase of a German maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment as a security risk. The proposed acquisition…
