A China government-linked think tank has admitted that North Korea has shut the door on Beijing, which is now powerless to negotiate with its rogue neighbour. Australia, the UK and the US are keeping pressure…
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Starbucks bets big on China
Starbucks just brewed a major deal in China. The coffee chain plans to buy the remaining 50% share of its East China joint venture business in a $1.3 billion deal that could help significantly boost…
Quick Take: China Orient On Course to Secure Pre-IPO Strategic Investors
China Orient Asset Management Co. said it is on track to sell a 15% stake by the end of this year to strategic investors in a pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding round. China Orient is…
Indian national security adviser in Beijing amid border spat
BEIJING (AP) — India’s national security adviser was in Beijing Friday for discussions amid a standoff between Chinese and Indian forces over disputed territory high in the Himalayas that has now entered its second month.…
Beijing Deals Another Blow to Hong Kong’s Autonomy
On Oct. 12, 2016, new lawmaker Edward Yiu Chung-yim stepped onto the floor of Hong Kong’s modern legislative chambers and entered a tempest. A professor and surveyor by training, Yiu squeaked past his sitting opponent…
China to build its first ‘Mars colony’… on EARTH: Simulation base will allow scientists to prepare for missions to the red planet
China is building a ‘Mars village’ in its desert where it will simulate the experience of being on the plant for researchers and tourists. The country is rushing ahead with its plans to send probes…
Why is Beijing afraid of Chinese feminists?
In 1968, Chairman Mao Zedong famously declared that Chinese women ought to “hold up half the sky.” Yet in 2015, the government detained China’s “feminist five” for planning to distribute anti-sexual harassment materials in public.…
Beijing sends conciliatory signals after Doval’s first meeting with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi
The comments released by the official Xinhua news agency made a strong plea to avoid the possibility of a war. “Most economies, including those in the West, will find themselves negatively affected by an India-China…
Wanda sell-off of massive Chinese movie studio is latest retreat from Hollywood
There’s a lot of tire kickers over here from China, but Wang clearly seemed to be a guy who could write checks and do the deal. Now people are scratching their heads.” Wanda declined to…
China Raises ‘Major Problems’ As Ajit Doval Meets His Counterpart
Brazil and India and “set forth China’s position on bilateral issues and major problems”, said news agency Xinhua. China says that last month, Indian troops crossed the border at Sikkim to stop the Chinese army…
China’s Xi says party cannot rest on laurels in fighting corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party cannot rest on its laurels … held nearly five years ago had been praised by the people, the official Xinhua news agency late on Thursday cited Xi as…
China becoming rich, powerful: President Xi Jinping
The meeting also comes when China’s endeavour to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way has entered the decisive stage, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Xi as saying. Chen Daoyin, an associate professor…
NSA Ajit Doval meets China’s top diplomat, ‘major problems’ discussed
… relations where Yang expressed China’s view on “major problems and bilateral issues”, according to China’s official news agency Xinhua. It was not known whether Doval and China’s State Councillor Yang discussed the stand-off between…
