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Ken Moritsugu Named to Lead AP’s News Coverage of China
BANGKOK — The Associated Press on Thursday named Ken Moritsugu, an accomplished reporter, editor and news leader with extensive experience in Asia, as its new Greater China News Director. From a base … ( read…
Stocks Decline on China PMI, Trump-Kim Summit News: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks extended declines along with U.S. futures as investors fretted over the meaning of a sudden change in the schedule for the U.S.-North Korea summit, where leaders had previo… ( read original…
China’s ruling elite tell Xi they have ‘strengthened education’ of families
BEIJING (Reuters) – Members of the ruling elite of China’s governing Communist Party … the official Xinhua news agency said, offering a broad outline of the contents of their work reports. ( read original story…
Worries that China trade talks are stalling weigh on stocks
Comments from a key U.S. trade negotiator stoked doubts overnight over how much progress was being made on resolving the trade war between the U.S. and China. There was more discouraging economic news … (…
China February factory activity shrinks to three-year low, export orders worst in a decade
BEIJING (Reuters) – Factory activity in China contracted to a three-year low in February as export orders fell at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, highlighting deepening cracks in a… ( read original…
In Beijing, You Have to Win a License Lottery to Buy a New Car
It’s not the half-million-yuan price tag keeping Beijing resident Sandra Zhao from buying her dream car, a BMW X4 SUV. It’s the license plate she needs to have a conventional gasoline car. She’s been ……
China drafts rules on biotech after gene editing scandal
China immediately halted He’s experiments after his announcement … Xinhua reported last month. The state news agency did not say which laws He might have violated, but noted that he had fabricated a… ( read…
China says Taiwan opposition’s peace proposal must include push for ‘reunification’
it can be jointly investigated by both sides,” spokesman An Fengshan told a regular news briefing. China translates the word “tong yi” as “reunification”, but it can also be translated … ( read original story…
Salted egg yolk Timbit anyone? Tim Hortons opens in China
Tim Hortons has opened its first restaurant in China. On Tuesday, a line snaked around the block … Tasha House, a Canadian who lives and works in Shanghai, told CTV News Channel. “It was great…
Why some U.S. fund managers like China regardless of trade deal
Yet some U.S.-based fund managers from firms including Wells Fargo Asset Management, Causeway Capital Management and Janus Henderson Investors say they are becoming more bullish on China … ( read original story …)
Earliest Gauges Show China’s Economy Seeing First Signs of Pickup
(Bloomberg) — China’s economy is showing the first signs of recovery … With assistance from Chloe Whiteaker. To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Xiaoqing Pi in Beijing at xpi1@bloomberg … ( read original…
Stocks fall back as investors await news from U.S.-China talks
BANGKOK — World shares fell and Wall Street was set to open lower Tuesday as investors awaited news from the talks between the U.S. and China on their ongoing trade war. Britain’s FTSE 100 lost…
