A Chinese energy company has denied it had anything to do with a multimillion dollar bribery scheme that U.S. prosecutors say was organized by two businessmen to secure business from African officials on its behalf.…
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China/US trade war looms as Trump administration pivots
or take unilateral actions like sanctions against China,” said Anna Ashton, director of business advisory services at the Washington-based US-China Business Council. “If the government were to take unilateral actions, then there will be a…
China’s former internet czar faces corruption probe
we welcome you and your growth in China.” Lu, 57, was a vice mayor of Beijing before being named the country’s top internet regulator in 2013. He started his career as a journalist, and rose…
Beijing detains 18 after apartment fire: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Police in Beijing have detained 18 people following a fire that killed 19 people and injured another eight on Saturday evening, the state news agency Xinhua reported late on Monday. The fire…
China urges talks after US brands North Korea a terror sponsor
China on Tuesday called for extra efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis through talks after US President Donald Trump re-branded Pyongyang as a state sponsor of terrorism. Beijing: China on Tuesday called for…
Skype Vanishes From App Stores in China, Including Apple’s
Therefore these apps have been removed from the app store in China,” an Apple spokeswoman said Tuesday … “These apps remain available in all other markets where they do business.” The removal led to a…
China says ex-top internet regulator under investigation
He wielded enormous power over what 700 million Chinese internet users could view online and acted as gatekeeper for technology companies wishing to do business in China. No details were given in Tuesday’s announcement, which…
China forces Apple to remove Skype from app store
Apple Inc said on Tuesday it has removed several apps including Skype, Microsoft Corp’s internet phone call and messaging service, from its app store in China after the country’s government pointed to violations of local…
Apple removes several apps, including Skype, in China
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Tuesday it has removed several apps including Skype, Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) internet phone call and messaging service, from its app store in China after the country’s government pointed…
Air China stops flying to N.Korea because ‘nobody wants to go’
Beijing-owned Air China airline has ended flights to the capital of North Korea Pyongyang, due to a lack of passenger demand. Flights were “temporarily suspended due to unsatisfactory business operations,” said an Air China employee,…
Vatican, China exchange art amid stall in hard diplomacy
The head of the government’s China Culture Industrial Investment Fund, Zhu Jiancheng, told a Vatican news conference that he hoped the exchanges would reinforce friendship, build mutual trust and “contribute to the normalization of diplomatic…
China’s Li Tells Japanese Business Group That Ties Are Improving
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Japan’s biggest ever business delegation to Beijing that ties between Asia’s two biggest economies has been gradually improving. Li, who was re-elected last month as the Communist Party of China’s…
China to step up property market regulation to avoid bubble risk
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will step up financial regulation and crack down on speculation in the property market to stabilize prices and fend off bubble risks, state television CCTV reported on Tuesday, signaling renewed efforts…
