Tag: China

• Saturday, November 11th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  APEC: No major breakthrough expected from Biden-Xi meeting

  

  San Francisco is finalizing its arrangements for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit during which a key meeting between Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Xi Jinping of China is expected to take place on Nov. 15. Xi and Biden will get together to discuss a range of “potentially contentious” topics including the need for military-to-military dialogue.

• Friday, November 10th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  UK “must expand the Blue Belt” in Overseas Territories to shield the Antarctic from Chinese industrial fishing

  

  By Sir Oliver Heald (*) The UK’s Blue Belt Programme for ocean conservation in our Overseas Territories is one of the Conservative Party’s biggest environmental achievements of the past thirteen years.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:58 UTC

  Brazil hopeful of de-globalization, as US/China technology clash escalates

  

  Brazil did not enjoy the globalization process that started in the 1980s to its fullest potential. Still, it may have a second chance now amid the current de-globalization process – essentially an adjustment of globalization.

• Friday, October 20th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  China and Brazil should join forces, Xi Jinping tells House Speaker

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping told Brazilian Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira in Beijing Friday that their countries should firmly support each other in the face of “a tumultuous world.” Xi also insisted the BRICS partners were the two largest developing nations on the planet.

• Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Blue dollar plummets in Argentina

  

  The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar plunged on Wednesday, closing at AR$ 885/905 (buy/sell), down from AR$ 985 the previous day, after the extension of the swap with China was announced and raids on illegal exchange parlors known as “cuevas” (caves) intensified, leading to new arrests, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentine President has busy agenda in China

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández met with the head of the New Development Bank (NDB), Dilma Rousseff, to advance the South American country's accession to the BRICS financial institution.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

  Members of Chilean delegation in China test positive for Covid-19

  

  Various members of the Chilean delegation touring China ahead of the III Forum of the Belt and Road International Cooperation have tested positive for Covid-19 although President Gabriel Boric Font's results came back negative. All those infected will begin a 5-day isolation as per Chilean sanitary protocols, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentine President starts holding meetings in Shanghai

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández held meetings in Shanghai with businessmen and local authorities ahead of his participation at the Third Belt and Road Forum to which he was invited by Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentine President arrives in China

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández landed in Shanghai during the weekend on a Chinese tour during which he is to meet with his local colleague Xi Jinping as well as with New Development Bank (NBD - also known as the BRICS bank) CEO Dilma Rousseff.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  China's weaker economy means problems for commodity supplier countries from Latin America

  

  The World Bank cut its economic growth forecast for China for 2024, citing continued difficulties in the domestic market including the property crisis and a fading rebound from the re-opening this year.