BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing will shut 1,000 manufacturing companies by 2020 under a years-long plan to restructure its economy, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, citing a city official. The closures are part…
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Japan foreign minister hopes for improved ties with China
(AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool) The official Xinhua News Agency quoted Yang as saying the sides should “set aside interferences, consolidate and expand beneficial factors and further the continued development and improvement of China-Japan relations.” (…
China’s air force enlists courier companies for military’s drone front
China’s biggest private courier company has been drafted by the Chinese military to help deliver on unmanned emergency missions. State-run Xinhua news agency reported on the weekend that SF Express drones took part in People’s…
China declares intention to improve ties with Japan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes to work with Japan to establish more cordial relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart on Sunday, aiming to move on from a series of disputes, some…
Couillard touts contracts as China visit wraps up
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said he believes the province’s improved relationship with China is proof that his party is Quebecers’ best bet at the ballot box. Wrapping up a trade and cultural mission to China,…
What does China’s new Arctic policy mean for Canada?
On Friday, China released a white paper describing its Arctic policy in a rare public move. The policy outlines plans to develop shipping routes, expand its research programs, pursue environmental protection and develop resources across…
In Beijing, a Forbidden City of secret eats
The problem is obvious: Beijing is full of delicious food, representing thousands of years of culinary history. Beijing is also an immense city of some 21 million people, and most visitors are not up to…
China unveils plans for a ‘Polar Silk Road’ across the Arctic
China on Friday outlined its ambitions to extend President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic by developing shipping lanes opened up by global warming. Releasing its first official Arctic policy white…
China to develop Arctic shipping routes opened by global warming
Fears that China wants to plunder Arctic resources or damage the environment were “absolutely unnecessary”, Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou said, according to Reuters news agency. The paper does acknowledge China’s interests in oil and…
China claims its activities in Arctic will bring opportunities
Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou said China is interested in participating in scientific … and companies would “bring opportunities to the Arctic,” Kong said at a news conference called to introduce the government’s first comprehensive…
Factories make unexpected legacy for Ivanka Trump in China
China Labor Watch posted it on its website … She listened, still and silent, to news of interrogations and surveillance, his son’s sudden nightmares, the jail and the bucket of urine. Her eyes welled. Elegant…
China envoy says ‘complex’ reasons why has not been to North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s special envoy for North Korea said on Friday there were “complex” reasons why he has yet to visit the country, but that China’s efforts to help bring about the denuclearization of…
Exclusive: Beijing plans to boost scrutiny of Chinese offshore private equity funds – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China plans to tighten oversight of private equity funds set up outside the country by domestic companies, including the disclosure of investors’ identities, to mitigate financial risk and keep tabs on…
