SHANGHAI — Beijing’s tight grip on China’s stock market seems to be … Technology ended their first day of trading on Dec. 4 at 20.48 yuan, 44.02% above the IPO price of 14.22 yuan. On…
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Alberta beef and pork producers hope new deal with China will pay big dividends
China is loosening restrictions on Canadian beef and pork … “When you have a greater variety of markets, your price stabilizes,” Campbell told Global News on his farm just north of Edmonton. “The value that…
China’s Country Garden suspends property services unit spin-off
HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) – China’s largest developer by sales Country Garden said it has suspended a plan to spin off its property services unit due to a change in government policies. The company…
Inside China’s ‘virtue schools’ for women
Centres training women to be “virtuous” have sprung up across China in recent years, telling women that career and femininity do not mix and forcing them to do menial work. But what are these institutes…
Campaign to Drive Out Migrants Slams Beijing’s Best and Brightest
BEIJING — With coding skills, a foreign degree, fluent English and an apartment barely big enough for his espresso maker and two cats, Si Ruomu thought he was the kind of go-getting young tech worker…
China’s IPO shares set to become worst performers for a second year on increased supply and surveillance
China’s initial public offering shares are on track to become the worst-performing sector this year, as the regulator speeds up new share supply and increases curbs on speculations on new listings. An index of new…
Canadian financial leaders urge patience on free-trade talks with China
But Bill Downe, who retired in November after a decade as Bank of Montreal’s chief executive officer and is advising Canada’s government on trade, believes the conditions for doing business in China are dramatically improving…
China to recreate Shakespeare’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon
China has announced plans to recreate Shakespeare’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon along with replicas of the playwright’s homes, as part of an ambitious new international cultural center that will pay homage to three literary greats. Set…
No ‘one sticking point’ holding up trade talks with China: Lametti
The federal government knew it was in for a bumpy ride as it pursued a free-trade agreement with China, says the parliamentary secretary to Canada’s innovation minister, but it isn’t giving up. “We knew it…
Trade deal with China ‘impossible’ and NAFTA remains ‘a mess’: Unifor president Jerry Dias
The head of Canada’s largest private-sector union says he’s not surprised that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came home this weekend without any progress made on a free-trade deal with China. In fact, said Unifor president…
Beware effects of China’s ‘united front’ in Canada: former envoy
“China does have a strategy for influencing public opinion and … And in a Canadian Press interview this summer, Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye blamed an ill-informed Canadian news media for forcing human rights onto the…
Should MPs accept free trips to China? Critics urge closer look at sponsored travel
which likely would not be possible with trips to China given the country’s muzzling of activists and political dissidents. Global News asked the Prime Minister’s Office whether the government would support or be open to…
Coquitlam school trustees’ free trips to China raise ethical concerns
Coquitlam school trustees are under fire for taking Chinese-government-paid trips to China. For the past few years … Kerri Palmer Isaak, told the Tri-City News the trip, which cost the Chinese government about $8,000 a…
