Tag: China

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  China strongly lobbying to sell jet fighters to Argentina

  

  Next month an Argentine military delegation will be traveling to China as part of a bilateral defense cooperation understanding, which among other issues includes the potential purchase of twelve Chinese fighter aircraft for which the Argentine latest national budget has earmarked a 664 million dollars credit.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Xiaomi to assemble cell phones in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Just a couple of days after the meeting between President Alberto Fernández and Xi Jinping, it was announced that the Chinese cell phone manufacturer Xiaomi will start producing some of its models in Tierra del Fuego and will expand its network of retail stores throughout the country.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Why the Winter Olympics are so vital to the Chinese Communist Party’s legitimacy

  

  By Yvan Bennett and John Garrick (*) – Aside from fake snow and COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Games are controversial for many reasons. They are a potent political symbol of the Chinese state’s ambitions and authority. Held just a year after the triumphalist 100-year anniversary of the Communist Party's founding, General Secretary Xi Jinping is using the Olympics to showcase to the world that China is powerful and on track to fulfill its Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina's closeness to China, Russia worries London amid Ukraine crisis

  

  London is noticing Argentine President Alberto Fernández's foreign policy, particularly Sunday's joint written statement whereby the South American country backed China's claim over Taiwan and, in return, the Government of Xi Jinping supported Argentina's sovereignty quest regarding the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentina joins Belt and the Silk Road as Fernández and Xi meet in Beijing

  

  President Alberto Fernández has rounded up the Chinese stop of his new international tour by arranging Argentina's entry into the Belt and the Silk Road which will represent financing in excess of US $ 23 billion for the South American country.

• Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  China reportedly reaches deal with Bachelet on release on human rights report

  

  While the Winter Olympic Games are set to commence Friday in Beijing, the Government of China has reportedly reached an unwritten understanding with the Office of the United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights to postpone the release of a document detailing the findings regarding abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in the northwest region of Xinjiang.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Uruguayan exports in January grow 31% annually

  

  Uruguay's exports grew 31% in January of 2022 when compared to the same month last year, it was announced Tuesday in Montevideo. Beef topped the list of products sold abroad, reaching US$ 207 million.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 21:38 UTC

  China to help Argentina build new nuclear power plant

  

  Argentina's National Committee of Atomic Energy (CNEA) and the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Tuesday signed a contract for the construction of the Atucha III Nuclear Power Plant, it was announced.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  Argentina's JMC has 431 foreign vessels on its radar

  

  Argentina's Joint Maritime Command (JMC) has denounced the presence of some 431 foreign boats near the country's South Atlantic territorial waters limit, it was reported. Around 80% of the vessels were said to be of Chinese origin.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  With help from Iran and China, Venezuela recovering part of its production

  

  By Felicity Bradstock for Oilprice.com – Venezuela appears to be following in Iran’s footsteps by starting to ignore U.S. sanctions on its oil industry to once again develop its substantial crude reserves. After years of stalling and losing out on international investment as well as vital revenues, Venezuela looks to be set to increase its oil production, fostering relationships with key export markets that are willing to risk U.S. retaliation to the move.