Trump changes tack, backs ‘one China’ policy in call with Xi
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump changed tack and agreed to honour the “one China” policy during a phone call with China’s leader Xi … Read more
EU trade chief backs China in fight against protectionism
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is ready to join China in fighting protectionism worldwide but Beijing also needs to show it can play fair … Read more
Missing China tycoon’s company says ‘operating as normal’, shares slump
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Listed firms controlled by Tomorrow Holdings, the company run by missing Chinese-born businessman Xiao Jianhua, slumped on Friday, despite the parent group … Read more
Asian factories rev up, but Trump threat to demand looms large
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Factories in China and Japan started 2017 on a positive note in a sign the global manufacturing revival is carrying through from … Read more
Putin’s Russia in biggest Arctic military push since Soviet fall
MURMANSK, Russia (Reuters) – The nuclear icebreaker Lenin, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union’s Arctic great game, lies at perpetual anchor in the … Read more
South Korean, U.S. Marines tussle in snow in what North brands ‘madcap’ drill
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean and U.S. Marines are conducting military exercises on ski slopes in sub-freezing temperatures, including shirtless hand-to-hand combat in … Read more
As Trump stresses ‘America First’, China plays the world leader
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping’s steady hand and … Read more
Top 10 most polluted Chinese cities in 2016
The air quality report for 2016 has been finally issued by The Ministry of Environmental Protection on Friday. The good news is the density of … Read more
‘It’s made in Vietnam!’ At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of the biggest cheers President Donald Trump received from supporters watching his inaugural address on Friday was his call to “buy … Read more
China’s Alibaba becomes major sponsor of Olympics
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has become a major sponsor of the Olympic Games after signing a deal with the International Olympic … Read more
Hong Kong mini flats boom as government fails to rein in record-high prices
HONG KONG (Reuters) – For part-time furniture mover Kong Ngai-lam, 26, home is the bottom half of a bunk bed inside a tiny room that … Read more
China to target around 6.5 percent growth in 2017
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will lower its 2017 economic growth target to around 6.5 percent from last year’s 6.5-7 percent, policy sources said, reinforcing a … Read more
China posts worst export fall since 2009 as fears of U.S. trade war loom
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s massive export engine sputtered for the second year in a row in 2016, with shipments falling in the face of persistently … Read more
Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end one China policy and China will take revenge
SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) – State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that China would take “take revenge” if he reneged on the one-China … Read more