Two Conservative senators – one with close ties to Beijing – set up a private consulting business this year with partners who are involved in attracting investment from China to Newfoundland and Labrador, corporate records…
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With all eyes on North Korea, Beijing’s massive South China Sea land grab continues
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) navy soldiers roll on their armoured vehicles to Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3,…
Two Conservative senators’ business venture linked to China
Two Conservative senators – one with close ties to Beijing – set up a private consulting business this year with partners who are involved in attracting investment from China to Newfoundland and Labrador, corporate records…
Sydney-Victoria MP back from China
Eyking, the chair of the international trade committee, spent six days in China with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a Canadian delegation, meeting with the Chinese government and business leaders. During the meetings, the Canadian…
China’s industrial heartland struggles in Beijing’s fight against smog
Smoke billows from a chimney as workers leave a factory in rural Gaoyi county near Shijiazhuang Thomson Reuters By Meng Meng and Elias Glenn SHIJIAZHUANG, China (Reuters) – Severe natural gas shortages are hitting businesses…
Another deadly blaze strikes Beijing as evictions draw fury
BEIJING (AP) — Five people died in an east Beijing fire, underscoring the challenges for the Chinese capital as it struggles to balance building safety with providing housing for its poor. Local media reported that…
China’s Class of 1977: I took an exam that changed China
The news came just before midday … The exams in that year marked the beginning of China’s opening up and reform and the Class of ’77 went on to become the backbone of China’s transformation…
Feeding China’s appetite for jellyfish would take food from turtles, group warns
“China is a huge market. The idea they have fished out other … The department said no one was available for an interview with CBC News on the issue. Hoskings said the province is trying…
China raises market rates as data shows economic growth moderating
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s central bank on Thursday nudged up money market rates as authorities sought to defuse financial risks without imperiling the economy, a balancing act that it has managed successfully so far this…
REFILE-UPDATE 1-China Nov property investment growth slows, sales pick up
* Nov property investment growth +4.6 pct vs +5.6 pct in Oct – Reuters calculation * Nov property sales +5.3 pct vs -6 pct in Oct * Nov New construction starts +18.8 pct vs -4.3…
China November property investment growth slows, sales pick up
BEIJING (Reuters) – Growth in China’s property investment cooled in November as an official crackdown on riskier lending and stiffer regulation of the real estate market took effect. Property investment growth eased for a second…
Lexinfintech slashes U.S. IPO size as China reins in micro-lenders
following a recent crackdown by Beijing on fast-growing online micro-lenders. Lexinfintech, which focuses on loans to educated young adults between 18 and 36, including loans for online shopping, had planned to raise up to $500…
Growth in China property investment slows to 7.5 percent in January-November
BEIJING (Reuters) – Property investment in China rose 7.5 percent in January-November from the same period a year earlier, slowing from an 7.8 percent gain in the first 10 months of 2017, official data showed…
