Tag: China

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 08:07 UTC

  Brussels and Beijing agreement to open the Chinese market to EU investors

  

  The European Union and China on Wednesday announced the political approval of a long-sought agreement to open the Chinese market further to EU investors, marking an economic victory for both sides.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan had most probably ten times more cases, China public health report

  

  The scale of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan early this year may have been nearly 10 times the recorded tally, a study conducted by China's public health authorities indicates, leaving the city where the coronavirus first took hold still well short of the immunity required to protect against a potential resurgence.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  China censorship: four-year jail term for journalist who reported on the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan

  

  A Chinese court handed a four-year jail term on Monday to a citizen-journalist who reported from the central city of Wuhan at the peak of last year's coronavirus outbreak, on grounds of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” her lawyer said.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Chinese vaccine 50% effective, reports Sao Paulo lab, but half of Brazilians reject inoculation

  

  Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech is more than 50% effective based on trial data, but again withheld full results at the company's request, raising questions about transparency.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  China forecast to grow 2% this year and rebound 7,9% in 2021: exports' boom

  

  Economic growth in China is expected to slow to 2% this year, before rebounding to 7.9% in 2021 as private investment and consumption heat up, a World Bank report released on Wednesday projected.

• Saturday, December 19th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  US record imports from China in 2020, despite Trump administration's tariffs

  

  Despite the Trump administration's tariffs on Chinese goods and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. imports from China are surging as the year 2020 draws to a close, The New York Times reported.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Trump administration designated Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators; China in monitoring list

  

  U.S. Treasury Department designated Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators for the first time, while keeping China on a watch list, in the Trump administration’s final foreign-exchange policy report.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Brazil's health regulator ANVISA considers Chinese Covid-19 vaccine process non transparent

  

  Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said China’s health authorities are not transparent in their authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use, a statement that may further inflame political tension in the country.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  China pledges more trade and development cooperation with Chile on the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations

  

  China is willing to provide a broader market and more development opportunities for Chile and other countries as it seeks reform and opening-up at a higher level, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday in a phone conversation with his Chilean counterpart, Sebastian Piñera.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  WTO fails to agree rules on over-fishing; billions of dollars spent subsidizing fishing fleets

  

  World Trade Organization negotiators have failed to reach a deal by a year-end deadline to cut the subsidies that have helped decimate the world’s fish stocks, but will try again next year, the chairman of the talks said on Monday.