Tag: China

Monday, March 4th 2013 - 05:43 UTC
Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands: Another Falklands?

By Gwynne Dyer - Chinese survey vessels go into the waters around the disputed islands and Japanese patrol ships tail them much too closely. Twice last month Chinese maritime surveillance aircraft flew into the airspace around the Japanese-controlled islands and Tokyo scrambled F-15 fighters to meet them. On the second occasion, China then sent fighters too. Can these people be serious?
Thursday, February 28th 2013 - 14:13 UTC
Falklands’ situation attracts attention from China involved in Far East Asia islands dispute

Interest in the Falkland Islands’ dispute with Argentina, assimilated to the current Senkakus/Diayous islands situation in Asia apparently has not been limited to the quotes made by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before the Japanese Parliament but also in another minor experience precisely in the Falklands and involving the Editor of the Penguin News, the local weekly newspaper of the Islands.
Thursday, February 28th 2013 - 14:06 UTC
Japan appeals to Thatcher Falklands’ resolve quotes in islands dispute with China

Japan's prime minister on Thursday quoted comments by former British premier Margaret Thatcher about the Falklands War with Argentina as he spoke about Tokyo's acrimonious islands’ dispute with China.
Friday, February 15th 2013 - 05:36 UTC
China became in 2012 the world’s biggest trading nation surpassing the US

China surpassed the US to become the world's biggest trading nation last year as measured by the sum of exports and imports of goods, a milestone in the Asian nation's challenge to the US dominance in global commerce.
Thursday, February 14th 2013 - 21:00 UTC
Beijing's pollution alarms neighbours

The good news for the Chinese leadership is that their fiscal policies have paid off, producing both the world's second largest economy and the globe's leading creditor nation in less than a generation.
Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:20 UTC
China quarantines Argentine corn because of unapproved genetically modified strains

Chinese authorities quarantined two containers holding corn from Argentina, after detecting genetically modified strains that had not been approved beforehand, alleged the Chinese buyer.
Friday, December 14th 2012 - 07:36 UTC
Banco do Brasil expects to open its first commercial branch in China early 2013

Government owned and the largest in the country in assets, Banco do Brasil received this week approval from China’s regulator to open a commercial branch in the country which is Brazil’s main trading partner.
Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 22:23 UTC
Brazil calls on Argentina to integrate and consolidate world’s fifth largest economy

The presence this week of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff next to Cristina Fernandez at Argentina’s Industrial Union, UIA annual conference was considered a major integration success and highlights the growing interaction of the two leading Mercosur partners.
Monday, November 26th 2012 - 07:16 UTC
Chinese shoemaker wins lawsuit and compensation against the EU anti-dumping duties

Following a six-year battle Chinese shoemaker giant Aokang Group Co Ltd won a lawsuit against the European Union's anti-dumping duties. The shoemaking has encouraged other Chinese manufacturers to challenge similar “unfair policies”.
Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 20:51 UTC
Chinese government bankers and financers warned on extravagant and lavish expenditures

China will ban executives from state-owned banks and financial companies from spending extravagantly on cars and houses, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The 12 regulations, issued jointly by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Supervision and the National Audit Office, come after Communist Party chief Xi Jinping warned that the party risks major unrest and the collapse of its rule if corruption is allowed to run wild in China.