The new Beijing-friendly mayor of Taiwan’s third largest city has arrived in Hong Kong for a rare visit to meet with top officials and promote trade. Han Kuo-yu, a star in Taiwan’s opposition … (…
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China chemical plant blast kills 47, injures hundreds more
BEIJING — A massive explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China with a long record of safety violations … demanded “all-out efforts” to find and rescue victims, the official Xinhua News Agency … (…
Asian stocks mixed on doubts over U.S.-China trade deal
On Thursday, CNBC, citing two sources familiar with the matter, said President Donald Trump wants China to “double or triple” its offer to buy up to $1.2 trillion of American products over six years. ……
Vietnam protests to China about local boat sinking in South China Sea
China claims 90 percent of the South China Sea, where it has steadily expanded military and other installations on artificial islands and reefs, unnerving the region and angering Washington. Got a … ( read original…
China has responsibility to not shield Pakistan: US
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi shake hands after a news conference at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China March 19, 2019. WASHINGTON: … ( read original story…
China chemical plant explosion kills six in Yancheng
China’s earthquake administration reported a tremor equivalent … The cause of the accident is under investigation.” State news agency Xinhua said shockwaves from the blast had brought down nearby … ( read original story …)
China Says Top U.S. Trade Officials to Visit Beijing March 28-29
BEIJING — A U.S. trade delegation headed by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will visit China on March 28-29 for the next round of negotiations, China’s … ( read original story…
China urges U.S. to block Taiwan leader’s Hawaii stop-over
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China urged the United States on Thursday not to allow Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to stop over in Hawaii next week when she makes a tour of the island’s diplomatic … (…
China Inc.’s Boeing Rival Just Won’t Fly
So Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd. – the country’s would-be challenger to … Officer John Quan told Moses Mozart Dzawu and Bruce Einhorn of Bloomberg News in an interview. That looks like a ……
Taiwan president to visit Hawaii amid China pressure
Tsai will transit Hawaii next Wednesday on her way home from an eight-day visit to three diplomatic allies, the official Central News Agency said. Taiwan, which China deems ineligible for state-to … ( read original…
China’s Geely says 2018 net profit climbs 18 pct on higher revenue
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said on Thursday higher sales drove its 2018 net profit up 18 percent, even as growing political uncertainty affected overall domestic demand. … ( read original story…
Report: Myanmar, China failing to stop ‘bride’ trafficking
BANGKOK – A human rights group says authorities in China and Myanmar are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women, often teenagers, from the conflict-ridden Kachin border region for … ( read original…
Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong taunts Washington over Huawei executive’s arrest, calling it ‘world’s biggest advertisement’
Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong has taken a swipe at the United States, saying Canada’s arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer last year at Washington’s request only boosted the tech giant’s … ( read…
