Schellenberg was detained four years ago for smuggling “an enormous amount of drugs” into China, according to Dalian.runsky.com, a news portal operated by Dalian authorities. Dalian … ( read original story …)
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Rare sight of robin in Beijing causes stir and Brexit jokes
The rare appearance of a European robin in Beijing has caused a stir among Chinese nature fans. Hundreds of bird-watching photographers flocked to the Beijing Zoo last Friday after word spread that a … (…
China’s 2018 trade surplus with U.S. hits record high US$323B
China’s global exports rose 7.1 per cent to $2.5 trillion in … “The external environment is still complicated and severe,” a customs agency spokesman, Li Kuiwen, said at a news conference. Li cited … (…
December trade report shows China’s exports drop, raising risks for global economy
China’s exports unexpectedly fell the most in two years in December and imports also contracted, pointing to further weakness in the world’s second-largest economy in 2019 and deteriorating … ( read original story …)
Automakers in China brace for another bumpy ride after tough 2018
Companies such as homegrown Geely (HKSE:0175.HK – News) and Britain’s biggest automaker Jaguar Land Rover have in recent days flagged caution about China sales in 2019, hit also by Beijing’s trade war … ( read…
China Doubles Foreign Investment Limit, Further Opening Markets
Bloomberg LP, which operates the index, is the parent company of Bloomberg News. Wang said China doubled the quota even though the current limit hasn’t been used up because MSCI may raise foreign inve… (…
Pakistan abruptly stopped calling out China’s mass oppression of Muslims. Critics say Beijing bought its silence
Pakistan, China’s largest economic ally in the Muslim world, abruptly stopped censuring Beijing over its unprecedented crackdown on Muslims. The shift clearly illustrates the power of Chinese money, a… ( read original story …)
Reality Check: How safe is it to live in China?
He says that gun crime fell by 27.6% in 2018. The official China News Service shared a video of Mr Li announcing the decline, which has been viewed more than one million times. So how…
North Korea’s Kim appears to have a big goal: Winning Belt and Road investments from Beijing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s three-day meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week likely focused on a range of issues including economic ties, nuclear talks and the possibilit… ( read original…
China broadcasts spacecraft pictures from moon’s far side
BEIJING — China on Friday broadcast pictures taken by its rover and … posing a challenge for controllers in plotting the rover’s future travels, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Among the imag… ( read…
Twitter Users in China Face Detention and Threats in New Beijing Crackdown
SHANGHAI — One man spent 15 days in a detention center. The police threatened another’s family. A third was chained to a chair for eight hours of interrogation. Their offense: posting on Twitter. Chin… (…
Beijing says latest US-China trade talks were extensive, made progress on forced tech transfers
In a Thursday morning statement, China’s Commerce Ministry said the just-concluded round of trade talks with the U.S. were extensive and established a foundation for the resolution of each others’ con… ( read original story…
China letting 2,000 Kazakhs leave country amid international outcry over internment camps
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — China is allowing more than 2,000 ethnic Kazakhs to abandon their Chinese citizenship and leave the country, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said, in a sign that Beijing may … ( read original…
