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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 06:35 UTC

Tag: China

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

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

    “It is clear to me that there are endless opportunities” for Chinese companies in Chile, Boric said

    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

    Fernández has yet to meet with Rousseff

    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

    President Fernández (R) was greeted by Chinese officials upon arriving in Shanghai

    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

    “Growth in China is projected to be 5.1% in 2023, faster than the 3.0% in 2022,” the World Bank said

    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.

  • Friday, September 29th 2023 - 08:04 UTC

    China's leading property company again in financial trouble: debt of US$ 328 billion

    The company's shares ended down 19% on Wednesday in the Hong Kong market, taking their losses to 81% since the resumption of trade in late August.

    Trading of shares in Chinese property giant Evergrande and its two subsidiaries was suspended in Hong Kong on Thursday. A market statement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange did not explain why trading in Evergrande Group's securities, and share certificates of Evergrande Property Services Group and Evergrande Electric Vehicle Group was halted.

  • Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

    Argentina thanks G77 plus China for support regarding Falklands/Malvinas

    Tettamanti insisted on Buenos Aires' “full willingness” to establish with London a “renewed bilateral agenda”

    The Argentine administration of President Alberto Fernández Saturday expressed its gratitude towards the Group of 77 (G77) plus China for its support regarding the South American country's claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

  • Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    China holds Venezuela as an all-time strategic partner

    “I leave happy,” said Maduro after almost a full week in China

    Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday announced after meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro that relations between both countries would be strengthened to the point where the South American nation would become an “all-weather strategic level,” it was reported from Beijing.

  • Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    China foreign trade remains sluggish with world demand weak

    China is also Brazil’s most important trade partner. Apart from a brief rebound in March and April, China’s exports — long a driving force for growth — have been in constant decline since October.

    China’s exports and imports sank again in August, data showed, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with sluggish global demand and a wider slowdown. However, the pace of contraction slowed from the previous month and was not as bad as feared.

  • Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Maduro wants China to help Venezuela join BRICS

    Maduro's agenda in China has not been disclosed but he is expected to meet Xi Jinping sometime during his 6-day visit

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told Chinese media during the weekend that he wanted the South American country to join the BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) as a way to consolidate ties between the Asian giant and Latin America and the Caribbean, it was reported in Beijing. Venezuela has already expressed its interest in joining BRICS formally.

  • Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 09:15 UTC

    China: Maduro meets with Communist Party Secretary-General

    Maduro is to stay in China until Spet. 14 but his agenda has not been fully disclosed

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary-General Huang Kunming met Saturday at a hotel in the city of Shenzhen, in the province of Canton, “to exchange experiences in the political area, as well as to strengthen the bonds of integration and mutual respect,” it was informed from Caracas by the Presidency's press office.