Tag: China

Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Bachelet's last report critical of China regarding Uighurs

Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Wednesday filed a report on China's “Crimes against humanity” on her last day as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) as she left her office to a standing ovation.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 19:14 UTC
Millions of Chinese citizens again under lockdown amid zero-COVID policies

Chinese authorities have once again placed millions of people under lockdown following the resurgence of an outbreak of COVID-19 of the Omicron variant and as a consequence of the national government's zero-COVID policy.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Republican Governor lands in Taiwan in yet another chafing mission for Beijing

Arizona's Republican Governor Doug Ducey Tuesday landed in Taipei in yet another US delegation trip enraging Beijing over direct ties between sovereign countries and the island the Asian giant deems a rogue province.
Monday, August 29th 2022 - 20:46 UTC
Tensions heat up in Indo-Pacific after US Navy sends cruisers

China has said the United States was trying to disrupt peace in the Taiwan Strait after two warships sailed through the waters between the mainland and what Beijing regards as a rogue province in what Washington dubbed a routine drill.
Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:19 UTC
Russia replacing Brazil as one of China's main oil suppliers

Russia has become China's main oil supplier for the third month running during July, according to information from Hong Kong market analysts. Apparently independent refiners stepped up purchases of discounted supplies while cutting shipments from rival suppliers such as Angola and Brazil.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Brazil consolidates as China's main supplier of agriculture produce

A new agreement to facilitate exports from the Brazilian agribusiness sector to China has been described by market experts in Sao Paulo as crucial to inaugurating the “biggest era of market openness in the last ten years” between the two countries.
Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Home buyers rebellion in China: protestors in 100 cities refuse to pay mortgages on undelivered homes

China is again facing a challenging real estate situation, with homeowners in different provinces refusing to pay mortgages on their undelivered, unfinished flats. This is happening only two months ahead of the Chinese communist party congress when comrade Xi Jinping is expected to confirm a third five-year term, following on the constitutional change of 2018 that scrapped presidential term limits.
Friday, August 19th 2022 - 22:20 UTC
China under yellow alert over drought

Chinese authorities have declared a yellow alert as the country continues to be hit by a persistent drought following weeks of high temperatures that have dried up parts of the Yangtze river, it was announced. On Beijing's scale of alerts, yellow is two notches below the most severe warning.
Friday, August 19th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Foreign ministers of Chile, China highlight bilateral ties and FTA

While Europe plans to take steps to rebuild its ties with Latin America after Moscow and Beijing sneaked in as the region's new most important partners, the Foreign Ministers of China and Chile held a telephone conversation earlier this week, it was reported.
Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 20:45 UTC
EU working to stop Russian, Chinese expansion in Latin America

The European Union has noticed of Russia's and China's advancements in Latin America and is devising a series of measures to counter those effects and avoid losing its traditional partners, it was reported.