Chinese Premier Li Keqiang used a personal telephone call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday to press Canada to relax controls on exports of high-technology to China, raising concerns that Beijing could get access…
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Beijing again covered in smog and sand as pollution worsens
Beijing has been smothered by a wall of smog and sand drifting in from the Gobi Desert, further spotlighting the need for the Chinese “war on pollution”. Residents wore face masks to protect themselves from…
Alexandre Pato keeps a low profile in Beijing after Tianjin Quanjian striker bags first Chinese Super League goal
New Tianjin Quanjian signing Alexandre Pato kept a low profile as he made his way through Beijing South Railway Station on Monday morning. The forward has struggled during his first few weeks at the club…
China pleads for calm after North Korea says U.S. is bringing them to the brink of thermonuclear war
China has called for a return to multi-sided talks that ended … However, North Korea didn’t respond to Wu’s request to visit Pyongyang, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. ( read original story …)
China's man on North Korea crisis cools heels in Beijing
SEOUL/BEIJING The travels and travails of China’s veteran point man on North Korea underscore … But Wu had not been able to confirm plans to visit North Korea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted a…
China defends N. Korea trade after its trucks haul missiles
“China has been performing its international obligations strictly … to a 2015 report for the European Union Institute for Security Studies. Associated Press news assistant Yu Bing contributed to this report. ( read original story…
China, Russia send ships after U.S. aircraft carrier
China and Russia have dispatched intelligence-gathering vessels from their navies to chase the USS Carl Vinson nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is heading toward waters near the Korean Peninsula, multiple sources of the Japanese government revealed…
China Rapid Finance will be the Fifth Online Lender to IPO in the US
In late March, 2017 we learned that Chinese online lender China Rapid Finance filed to go public, hoping to raise up to $100 million. They will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the…
Steel, stimulus drive China’s strongest economic growth since 2015
China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter as higher government infrastructure spending and a gravity-defying property boom helped boost industrial output by the most in over two years. Growth of 6.9 per…
China's GDP expanded at 6.9% pace in Q1, better than expected
China’s economic recovery is gaining traction, with growth rising to its fastest pace in over a year in January-March. The 6.9 per cent annual pace of expansion for the world’s second-largest economy, reported Monday, surpassed…
China’s car dilemma: Beijing wants electric, buyers want SUVs
Automakers face a dilemma in China’s huge but crowded market: Regulators are pushing them to sell electric cars, but buyers want gas-guzzling SUVs. The industry is rattled by Beijing’s proposal to require that electric cars…
China's economy gains steam; 1Q growth fastest since 2015
HONG KONG — China’s economic recovery is gaining traction, with growth rising to its fastest pace in over a year in January-March. The 6.9 per cent annual pace of expansion for the world’s second-largest economy,…
China's first-quarter property investment accelerates, defying curbs
BEIJING Real estate investment in China remained robust in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, as the pace of new construction quickened, despite intensified government cooling measures. Growth in…
