At the height of the market some of them could sell for many thousands of dollars. Now, to the delight of conservationists everywhere, China is calling a halt to this lucrative end of a brutal…
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China March factory activity grows fastest in nearly five years
“The rally in China’s producer prices is reaching the limit…As prices start to ease, buyers will likely halt new orders and hence overall business momentum will slow,” analysts at ANZ said in a note. Indeed,…
Dairy business strengthening ties with China
Blue River Dairy is expanding business and has developed two new products off the back of a visit from a powerful Chinese leader. General manager Robert Boekhout said at the beginning of this year two…
China's Xi to meet Trump, who predicts 'difficult' meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump’s Florida resort, China’s Foreign Ministry announced Thursday, amid a range of pressing issues including…
China factory index hits 5-year high as economy gains steam
China’s factory activity ticked up again last month to its highest level in five years, according to an official survey released Friday, in a fresh sign that the world’s No. 2 economy is picking up…
Trump says trade gap will make China meeting 'a very difficult one'
The U.S. side is also expected to criticize Beijing for its pursuit of expansive claims in the South China Sea. White House spokesman Sean Spicer told a news briefing the meeting would be an opportunity…
China treaty failure sparks war between Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull camps
The federal government’s failure to ratify the China-Australia extradition treaty has sparked a proxy war between supporters of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his predecessor, Tony Abbott. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop delivered a slap to…
Philippines says China wants to survey seas to its east
Acting Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo told ABS-CBN News Channel that a number of Chinese requests to survey Benham Rise have been denied because China rejected that condition. Some requests are still pending. Defence Secretary Delfin…
First China-built carrier on target for April 23 launch
“China’s first home-built aircraft carrier is now being fitted out, everything is going very smoothly,” defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said on Thursday when asked about the carrier’s upcoming launch. “Regarding the news [about wether…
Hockey comes to Beijing, with Bettman, a billionaire and Beckham
This is what it takes to assemble a historic day for the National Hockey League in China: the league commissioner admirably twisting his tongue around a Mandarin greeting, a Chinese billionaire who regularly suits up…
Trump to meet China's Xi in Florida next week
These are external links and will open in a new window China has confirmed the dates of President Xi Jinping’s trip to the US to meet his counterpart Donald Trump. They will meet at Mr…
Federal documents say 2014 China-sponsored hack cost ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
China’s state-sponsored cyberattack on the National Research … In 2015, Fortune Magazine estimated the cost of fixing damages caused by high-profile hacks then in the news. Sony’s was said to have cost about $35-million (U.S.)…
China's Xi to meet Trump in Florida next week
ranging from North Korea and the South China Sea to trade disputes. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the announcement at a daily news briefing. Beijing had previously said that preparatory work for the meeting was…
