Asian markets plunge as concerns grow over US-China trade deal
Asian stocks suffered heavy losses on Wednesday due to uncertainties arising from a possible trade agreement between the U.S. and China. The Hong Kong Hang … Read more
China’s growth forecast at 6.1% for 2020
China is facing growing complexities with more risks and challenges from both home and abroad, said the report. The annual growth rate of China’s economy … Read more
Macron in China to discuss trade deals and ‘taboo’ topics
French President Emmanuel Macron in China to sign new trade agreements and to talk about the protests in Hong Kong, Xinjiang. Landing in China on … Read more
China’s top mobile operators switch on commercial 5G services
China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom, China’s three major mobile operators, on Thursday simultaneously launched their 5G service plans in 50 cities, including Beijing, … Read more
China adopts blockchain as a core technology
China is actively adopting blockchain, an underlying technology with a wide range of applications, and sees it as the new frontier of innovation in industries … Read more
China expands its six-day visa-free transit policy to 27 more cities
China six-day visa. Chongqing, Xi’an, Ningbo along with 27 other cities to launch the 144-hour-visa-free transit policy, according to the National Immigration Administration. Beijing, Tianjin, … Read more
China’s economic growth at its lowest level since 1992
The growth of the Chinese economy has fallen to its lowest level in almost three decades since the last quarter, a consequence also of the … Read more
Global Times: “Apple is finally doing the right thing”
Global Times, a daily tabloid newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, commenting on the removal of HKmap.live from the iOS Apple Store, said: “Apple … Read more
Chinese e-commerce giant Suning announced acquisition of Carrefour China operations for $698 mln
Suning announced on Friday it has completed the acquisition of Carrefour Group’s local operations. Carrefour agreed to sell an 80 percent stake in its China … Read more
Tesla’s $7 billion gigafactory in China to commence operations at the end of this year
Featured images: An aerial view of Tesla’s factory in Shanghai in August. The factory is expected to start operations by the end of this year. … Read more
Iraq will join China’s “Belt and Road” infrastructure investment project
Adel Abdel Mahdi, Iraq’s prime minister, announced a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit. “Iraq has gone through war and civil … Read more
Chinese industrial espionage on the rise, the US Justice Department warns
“More cases are being opened that implicate trade secret theft” — and more of them point to China, said U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam … Read more
China releases 10,000 tons of pork from reserves to increase the supply of meat
On Thursday, Chinese authorities released another 10,000 tons of pork from its central reserves to increase the supply of pork on the market and ensure … Read more
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said it is “very difficult” for China’s economy to grow at a rate of 6 percent
China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.3% in the first half of the year, and Li said the economy was “generally stable” in the first … Read more