Lotte makes a lot of money in China. // Yet still offers a place to the US. At the weekend I was monitoring social media and had the following conversation with a woman in Beijing.…
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Beijing hopes for improved relations between Pakistan, India
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying says that she hopes that Pakistan and India will improve their bilateral relations through dialogue. She said this while she was talking to a press briefing in Beijing.…
China's Economy Gets off to Strong Start in 2017 as Investment Rebounds
Solid growth is welcome news for China’s policymakers as they turn their focus to containing risks from a sharp build-up in debt ahead of a major leadership reshuffle later this year. But economists are not…
China waits to hear why Japanese warship going to South China Sea
“We have not yet heard what Japan says officially,” she told a daily news briefing. “If it’s only a normal visit, going to several countries, and passing normally through the South China Sea, then we’ve…
Duterte to China: Benham Rise sea territory 'is ours'
repeating his country has no option but to be diplomatic because it “cannot match the might of China”. “My order to my military, you go there and tell them straight that this is ours, but…
Beijing home sales remain at record levels despite curbs
Beijing home sales remain at record levels despite toughened home-buying rules being imposed on the city. The capital city sold 1,491 primary residential units from March 6 to 12, representing 24 per cent growth on…
China calls for a 'people's war' against fanatics as it warns that Islamic extremism is spreading through the country
Mr Ahan, who is ethnically Kazakh, is a member of the standing committee of the Communist Party of China in Xinjiang and the deputy secretary of the Commission of Politics and Law in Xinjiang. He…
South China Sea: Japan to deploy largest warship
Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea in May, three sources said … the sources told Reuters news agency. The carrier will then return to Japan…
China lawmakers add defaming Party heroes to civil code offences
China’s ongoing National People’s Congress (NPC), an annual … according to a report on Monday by the official Xinhua News Agency. Continued… View article on single page ( read original story …)
China may roll back electric car quotas as industry pushes back
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is considering easing proposed quotas aimed at producing more electric vehicles, as Beijing gets pushback from the automotive industry over the scale and pace of the plans. If adopted, proposed changes…
Philippines' Duterte asks military to tell China vast sea area 'is ours'
repeating that his country has no option but to be diplomatic because “I cannot match the might of China.” “My order to my military, you go there and tell them straight that this is ours,…
China law would outlaw insults to Communist heroes, martyrs
BEIJING — Damaging the reputation and honour of heroes and martyrs could be a civil offence under a proposed draft of China’s civil law as the Communist Party further tightens the space for public discourse…
China buoys stainless production totals in 2016
However, production growth in China easily outstripped the world average in leaping 15.7% year on year to 24.938 million tonnes, thereby accounting for more than 55% of total world output in 2016. In the Western…
