Tag: China

• Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 07:50 UTC

  China becomes the leading market for Uruguayan meat exports

  

  Uruguay's meat exports slid 6.5% in volume during 2013 compared to the previous year, but the big news is that China has become the main client for beef, followed by Nafta countries, (US, Canada and Mexico), according to the latest release from the country's National Meat Institute, INAC.

• Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 08:08 UTC

  China claims to have become the world's top trading nation in 2013

  

  China has claimed that it is “very likely” that it overtook the US as the world's top trading nation, a title the US has held for decades. According to the latest data, China's total trade grew at an annual rate of 7.6% to 4.16 trillion dollars last year.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Main threat to world economy in 2014 is not the Euro-zone but China, says Soros

  

  George Soros says stop worrying about the Euro-zone and look at the slower growth in China. The hedge fund boss, who built his fortune betting on the world’s money markets, is concerned that twenty years of rapid growth is about to run out of steam.

• Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 18:52 UTC

  Record exports in dollars for Uruguay in 2013, but prospects not so encouraging

  

  Uruguayan exports in 2013 increased 4.8% in value and reached a record 9,155 billion dollars with soybean the main item and China the leading trade partner. The data was released by the government export promotion organization Uruguay XXI, which sometimes is over optimistic.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2014 - 16:00 UTC

  China starts to build its fourth Antarctica base: more planned

  

  Just days after the Chinese rover Jade Rabbit settled down on the moon, China is setting out to bolster its presence in another remote place: Antarctica. Chinese state media said on Thursday that construction workers are en route to the future site of China’s fourth Antarctic research station, after a pit stop at one of its other bases.

• Friday, December 20th 2013 - 06:48 UTC

  Stiglitz says China demand for better diet will keep Mercosur countries busy

  

  The commodities-exporting economies of Latin America will continue expanding in the years ahead, driven by demand from China despite slower growth in its economy, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said during a conference round in Uruguay.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2013 - 17:58 UTC

  Beijing thanks Argentina for protecting Chinese-owned stores during recent riots

  

  China expressed appreciation on Monday for Argentina's efforts to handle recent looting and damage to supermarkets owned by overseas Chinese. Beijing last week urged Buenos Aires to protect Chinese citizen's security and interests after one Chinese was killed in recent riots and looting.

• Thursday, November 28th 2013 - 11:22 UTC

  Washington pledged support for Japan in dispute with China over islands

  

  The United States pledged support for ally Japan in a growing dispute with China over islands in the East China Sea and senior US administration officials accused Beijing of behavior that had unsettled its neighbors.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2013 - 07:25 UTC

  US defies China's 'air defense identification zone' over disputed islands

  

  US has flown two B-52 bombers over disputed islands in the East China Sea in defiance of new Chinese air defense rules, officials say. China set up its “air defense identification zone” on Saturday insisting that aircraft obey its rules or face “emergency defensive measures”.

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 18:03 UTC

  China begins secret meeting to decide reforms and course of next decade

  

  China began a four-day secret meeting on Saturday to set a reform agenda for the next decade as they try to push more sustainable growth after three decades of breakneck expansion. But analysts have cautioned against expectations for big changes as they say stability remains the watchword for the leadership.