BEIJING (Reuters) – He has been likened to a “silver fox” in China’s state media. Online, his looks and staunch defense of Chinese interests has won him a loyal following. Foreign diplomats say he can…
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China’s Bay Area Is a Property Mega-Market in Waiting
China wants its Pearl River Delta megalopolis, a global manufacturing engine with more people than France, to be even more dominant. Policy makers plan to boost economic output of the region beyond that of greater…
China’s school dropouts a growing concern for economy in transition
HUANGCHUAN VILLAGE, China (Reuters) – Every day after lunch, Qu Yexiu used to potter around her house in north west China doing housework and looking after her two-year-old grandson. Now, every day after lunch, Qu…
China removes loudspeakers from hundreds of mosques in Muslim-majority region to stop calls to prayer as anti-religion sentiment rises
Hualong Hui Autonomous County in China’s Qinghai province has removed over one thousand loudspeakers over three days. The removal of the call to prayer has angered muslims in the area who have branded the locals…
Will Steve Bannon’s legacy live on? China trade probe poses key test
“China has decided they have to steal the technology … “The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over,” he said. Fox News’ Amy Leedecke contributed to this report. ( read original story…
New Balance wins record China trademark award
Lawyers believe it to be the highest award to a foreign company in a trademark dispute in China. The country has been tightening its laws to tackle the widespread problem of trademark abuse. A court…
16 dead as strong typhoon floods Macau, southern China
China’s official Xinhua News Agency said eight more people were killed in Guangdong and one person remained missing. Typhoon Hato roared into the area Wednesday with winds of up to 160 kilometers (100 miles) per…
Powerful Typhoon Hato slams into China leaving at least 9 dead, dozens injured
Hato’s path of destruction continued on to the former Portuguese colony of Macau, across the Pearl River estuary, and China’s Guangdong Province. Winds of more than 200 kmh (124 mph) smashed into apartments across Macau,…
In China, the Party’s push for influence inside foreign firms stirs fears
The presence of party units has long been a fact of doing business in China, where party organizations exist in nearly 70 per cent of some 1.86 million privately owned companies, the official China Daily…
China’s Xi pledges to work to ease tensions with South Korea: state media
China’s President Xi Jinping pledged to make concerted efforts with South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in to address differences between the two countries properly, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Xi made the remarks…
Intense flooding, rain from Typhoon Hato kill at least 16 in China
China’s official Xinhua News Agency said eight more people were killed in Guangdong and one person remained missing. Typhoon Hato roared into the area Wednesday with winds of up to 160 kilometres per hour. It…
China accuses Trump of ‘sabotaging’ world trade
China is escalating the war of words with President Trump over … and trade relationship,” Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng said Thursday at a regular news briefing. Trump has so far failed to follow through…
Forget NAFTA, the roaring silence around trade talks with China is even more troubling
As Canadians digest a stream of news and punditry about NAFTA renegotiations, there’s another trade relationship — possibly more consequential for our future — that’s being forged in comparative silence. The second China-Canada Foreign Ministers…
