China Current Events: Aug 3
China ropes off Scarborough Shoal To cut or not to cut? Chinese fishing vessels left Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) but they roped off the mouth of its lagoon to prevent other fishermen from getting in, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Thursday. Read more China Non-Manufacturing Index Fell [...]
Current Events in China: July 14
China Data From Home to Investment Show Hope for Growth China’s weakest expansion in three years masked a surge in home sales and a jump in investment that show lower interest rates and banks’ reserve requirements may be starting to stabilize growth in the second-largest economy. Read more U.S. indicts Iranian, Chinese for nuclear export [...]
China Current Events: June 29
Investigation finds widespread abuses at Apple China factories A rights group said it had found “deplorable” conditions at Apple suppliers in China, following a probe of several firms that make the US technology giant’s hugely popular products. Read more United Technologies sent military copter tech to China United Technologies Corp on Thursday admitted selling China [...]
China Current Events: June 6
ConocoPhillips China Confirms Oil Is Leaking Into Bohai Again Failed safety device blamed for another spill in area where the company struggled to contain huge mess last year. Read more China embraces for largest exam About three out of four applicants of China’s annual national college entrance exam, the largest in the country and the [...]
China Current Events
- North Korean Leader Sends 'Special Envoy' to China - ABC News May 22, 2013Aljazeera.comNorth Korean Leader Sends 'Special Envoy' to ChinaABC NewsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party official ...North Korea sends […]
- Feds: 3 scientists conspired to take Chinese bribes for their US research - CNN International May 22, 2013The Atlantic WireFeds: 3 scientists conspired to take Chinese bribes for their US researchCNN InternationalNew York (CNN) -- Three university researchers working on medical technology are facing federal charges -- and up to 20 years in prison if convicted -- for allegedly taking Chinese money for their U.S.-funded research, according to federal authorities.3 […]
- Burberry Earnings: China Sales Up 20% - Wall Street Journal May 22, 2013Wall Street JournalBurberry Earnings: China Sales Up 20%Wall Street JournalThe company bucked a wider trend in the luxury industry, saying that sales in China rose about 20% in the year ended March 31, accounting for 14% of retail and wholesale revenue. Many of Burberry's competitors have said business is losing steam in the ...Strong demand in China he […]
- Can China become a hi-tech economy? - BBC News May 22, 2013BBC NewsCan China become a hi-tech economy?BBC NewsInside a former shoe factory in China's southern city of Shenzhen, the noise of hammering and stitching has long gone. In its place is something much quieter - the hum of laboratory machinery and the click of computer keyboards. But listen extra ... […]
- Rice Tainted With Cadmium Is Discovered in Southern China - New York Times May 21, 2013CBS NewsRice Tainted With Cadmium Is Discovered in Southern ChinaNew York TimesHONG KONG — Government officials in southern China sought on Wednesday to calm public ire about toxic substances menacing the region's main food staple, rice, after the city of Guangzhou said that nearly half the rice tested at restaurants this year ...China probes rice taint […]
- EU Panel Penalties to Hurt Solar Firms From China to UK - Bloomberg May 21, 2013Yahoo!7 NewsEU Panel Penalties to Hurt Solar Firms From China to UKBloombergThe European Union is poised to penalize imports of Chinese solar products, a move that would increase Europe's cost for most photovoltaic panels an estimated 45 percent overnight. While officials from the U.S., China and the EU have engaged in ...Solar Trade Fight Between China […]
- China Declares Global State of Emergency: An Urgent Telegram from Taihu - Forbes May 21, 2013China Declares Global State of Emergency: An Urgent Telegram from TaihuForbesOn May 18th, China's 4th most powerful politician, Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) opened the Second Conference of the (carbon-neutralized) Taihu World Cultural ... […]
- Greek PM invites China to 'join Greece's success story' - Christian Science Monitor May 21, 2013Christian Science MonitorGreek PM invites China to 'join Greece's success story'Christian Science MonitorOfficials in Brussels and Washington may view China's global shopping spree with alarm, as the Asian power house continues to buy up companies, sovereign debt, ports, and bridges around the world. But the Greeks are already dusting off […]
- With wary eye on the US, China courts India - Reuters May 21, 2013Times of IndiaWith wary eye on the US, China courts IndiaReutersNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and increase trade between Asia's fastest growing economies in his first trip overseas since ...China is not a threat to India, Li Keqian […]
- China's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billion - Reuters May 21, 2013Yahoo!7 NewsChina's bird flu outbreak cost $6.5 billionReutersThe new bird flu virus is known to have infected 130 people in mainland China since emerging in March, including 36 who died, but no cases have been detected since early May, Health Minister Li Bin told a meeting of the World Health Organization.Bird Flu Costs in China set at $6.5 Billion - V […]