Tag: China

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  China injects more liquidity to lower financing costs and prop the economy

  

  China's central bank announced a steep cut in the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves, stepping up moves to lower financing costs and spur growth amid concerns over the economic drag from an escalating trade dispute with the United States.

• Monday, October 8th 2018 - 13:20 UTC

  Press freedom in danger as British journalist expelled from Hong Kong

  

  The expulsion of British journalist Victor Mallet from Hong Kong is regarded worldwide as “a chilling message about the steady erosion of basic rights in the semi autonomous Chinese city,” according to the Financial Times.

• Monday, October 8th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Canada chairs meeting to reform WTO, but has not invited US or China

  

  Canada has not invited the United States or China to a high-level meeting on reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO). The country will host a “small group of like-minded” trade ministers in Ottawa in late October to discuss the global trade body. Officials say countries like the US and China will be included at a later date in the reforms discussion process.

• Monday, October 8th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  China admits to be investigating head of Interpol on “suspected law violations”

  

  China on Sunday said it was investigating Interpol's President Meng Hongwei, who went missing in September, over “suspected law violations”. The international police agency then announced it had received Meng's resignation.

• Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Interpol president reported missing in native China; French police opens investigation

  

  French police have opened an investigation into the whereabouts of the president of international police cooperation agency Interpol, after his wife reported he had gone missing after travelling home to his native China last week. The French interior ministry said on Friday his wife has been placed under protection after threats.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Trump's strategy for midterm elections: China meddling in US politics, the villain

  

  Vice-president Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of military aggression, commercial theft and rising human rights violations as he cast the Asian power as a villain bent on interfering in upcoming US elections.

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  China unveils plan to cut tariffs on over 1.500 industrial products

  

  China on Wednesday unveiled plans to cut tariffs for products including machinery, electrical equipment and textile products beginning on Nov. 1, as the country braces for an escalating trade war with the United States.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Conciliatory message from Beijing to the Trump administration as bitter trade war increases

  

  China and the United States can compete but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality and should avoid falling into a zero-sum game trap, the Chinese government's top diplomat said, amid deteriorating ties between the superpowers.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Pope says he will appoint Chinese bishops, following on the Beijing/Vatican accord

  

  Pope Francis on Tuesday defended a landmark deal between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops, saying he, and not the Beijing government, will have the final say on who is named. In his first public comments on the deal signed in Beijing on Saturday, he told reporters on the plane returning from a trip to the Baltics that while he realizes not everyone will understand the logic behind the agreement, he was confident in the “great faith” of Chinese Catholics.

• Friday, September 21st 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  US/Beijing trade war: China plans to reduce tariff rates on imports next October, reports Bloomberg

  

  China plans to reduce the average tariff rate on imports from most of its trading partners as soon as October, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. In July, China cut import tariffs on almost 1,500 consumer products ranging from cosmetics to home appliances as part of efforts to open up its economy, the world’s second biggest.