Digital ad spending in China keeps rising, despite a minor slowdown in the world’s second-largest ad market. In fact, 57% of advertising spending in China will be directed to the internet in 2017, according to…
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China’s debt specter could haunt Fed’s policy meetings
HONG KONG (Reuters) – In September 2015, the U.S. Federal Reserve cited risks from China as a key reason for delaying its first interest rate hike in a decade. A wall of Chinese debt maturing…
China’s budding online-grocery market a huge opportunity for Canadian food producers
The first time Matthew Bragg tried to sell Atlantic Canada wild blueberries in China, he sent 1.5-kilogram bags … an Oxford, N.S.-based family business that is the top global producer of wild blueberries. “They don’t…
China holds Canadians ‘for smoking marijuana’
“Consular services are being provided to two Canadians who were detained in Beijing, China, as well as to their families,” said a spokesperson for the department. “Consular officials are in contact with local authorities to…
China’s Belt and Road Initiative could redraw the map on global trade
“The initiative is a complex one,” she told news.com.au. “It encompasses areas of security and economics and is also China’s challenge to US hegemony. It’s part and parcel of China trying to assert itself as…
China’s steel industry body wants Beijing to get tougher with Trump over possible US import curbs
China’s steel industry association, which represents 80 per cent of the country’s steel production, has called on Beijing to get tougher with the administration of US President Donald Trump and to threaten retaliation if Washington…
China shuts down 3,918 illegal websites
Beijing: A total of 3,918 illegal websites were shut down by China’s internet watchdogs from April to June … according to the CAC statement on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Up to 316 cases related…
China opens cinema theatre in disputed South China Sea island
China has opened a modern cinema theatre on Yongxing Island … a 3D perforated screen for viewers to indulge in the pleasure of big screen, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Chen Zijian, general manager of…
Woman in east China ‘steals’ prize orchid worth US$3 million
A woman caused panic at a garden centre in eastern China recently when instead of leaving with the … called to say that one of their most precious specimens was missing, news portal Iqilu.com reported…
Chelsea apology to China for player’s offensive online posts
Chelsea apologized to China on Sunday for social media comments by Brazilian player Kenedy which it accepted “caused great offense and hurt the feelings” of the country during the Premier League champions’ pre-season tour. The…
China flexes military muscle in a show of force to the West
Construction of the base — focused on logistics, says Beijing — began last year. China’s Xinhua news agency said: “The base will ensure China’s performance of missions such as escorting, peacekeeping and humanitarian aid in…
China’s Diesel, Gasoline Exports Surge to Ease Domestic Glut
Diesel shipments in first half jump 21% to almost 328,500 b/d Gasoline exports rise 8% in first half to nearly 222,000 b/d China’s diesel and gasoline exports surged in the first half of the year…
2 Canadian Cavalia employees jailed in China for smoking pot
Two Quebec employees with the Montreal-based equestrian multimedia show Cavalia have been imprisoned in China for allegedly smoking marijuana and are facing deportation, Radio-Canada has learned. On July 14, Chinese police visited a hotel in…
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