Tag: China

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine president tells US envoy there will be no new Chinese base

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday told US National Security Council advisor Juan Gonzalez that “there will be no foreign bases,” it was reported.

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• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 22:32 UTC

  Chinese mile 201 operators eye Argentine shipyard

  

  A consortium of Chinese companies describing themselves as mile 201 operators has expressed an interest in acquiring an Argentine shipyard in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina.

• Wednesday, March 24th 2021 - 14:50 UTC

  China-backed railway projects gain momentum in Chile and Argentina

  

  The government of Chile Tuesday unveiled 15 brand new railway units made in China, with which the South American country intends to revamp its train service both for passengers and cargo.

• Wednesday, March 17th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  UK's overhaul of foreign and defense policy: Democracy is in retreat around the world, Minister Raab

  

  Democracy is in retreat around the world, British foreign minister Dominic Raab will warn on Wednesday in a speech setting out the danger that autocratic regimes pose to global stability and prosperity.

• Saturday, March 13th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Foreign investment in China in Jan-Feb up 31,5% year on year

  

  China, which achieved a V-shaped economic recovery last year, attracted 176.76 billion yuan (US$ 27.18 billion) in foreign investments in January-February, up 31.5% year-on-year, the commerce ministry in Beijing said on Friday.

• Saturday, March 13th 2021 - 08:05 UTC

  China represented 17% of the global economy in pandemic plagued 2020

  

  China's economic output is forecast to account for more than 17% of the world's economy in the coronavirus-plagued 2020. As the sole economy recording positive GDP growth last year, China will ramp up efforts and strive to achieve higher quality, more efficient, sustainable and safer development in 2021, a senior government official revealed in Beijing.

• Friday, March 12th 2021 - 13:20 UTC

  Brazilian record pork exports in first two months; China the main market

  

  Brazilian pork exports (fresh and processed) recorded a 20.3% increase in February, totaling 81,100 tons compared to 67,400 tons registered in the same period in 2020. Revenues from sales in February totaled US$ 185.7 million, 19.9% ​​higher than the second month of 2020 when sales reached US$ 154.9 million.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 05:24 UTC

  China calls for de-escalation in Myanmar and “it's time for dialogue”

  

  China called on Wednesday in the UN Security Council for a “de-escalation” in the crisis in Myanmar, where the junta has pursued a violent crackdown against peaceful anti-coup demonstrators.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Chinese foreign trade booming in the first two months of 2021

  

  China's total goods imports and exports expanded 32.2% year on year to 5.44 trillion Yuan (some US$ 838.16 billion) in the first two months of 2021, sustaining growth momentum in previous months, official data showed. Exports jumped 50.1% while imports rose 14.5% in Yuan terms, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  Inflation in China falls 0,2% in February; pork prices drop 14,9% year on year

  

  China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, fell 0.2% in February from a year earlier, paving the way for China's steady economic recovery in the post-COVID era as the price trend kept stable, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS.