Tag: China

• Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Beijing will allow more foreign carries to fly to China, following a threat from Trump

  

  China said on Thursday it will allow more foreign carriers to fly into the mainland, shortly after Washington barred Chinese passenger carriers from flying to the United States citing Beijing's restrictions on American airlines.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Helped by a weaker currency, record export of Brazilian soybean to China

  

  Brazil's May soybean exports jumped 45% on the year to reach 15.5 million tons, the second-highest monthly soy shipment ever, the latest foreign trade department data released on June first showed, with a hefty 74% of this volume bound for China.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  Boeing dumped Embraer but the Brazilian plane maker has suitors from China, Russia and India

  

  Aircraft makers are circling Brazil’s Embraer weeks after Boeing ditched plans for a historic commercial aviation tie-up, people familiar with the matter said. Boeing axed plans to buy 80% of Embraer’s commercial unit in April, ending a planned move into regional jets that mirrored rival Airbus’ purchase in 2018 of a competing model developed by Canada’s Bombardier.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Trump cuts relations with the World Health Organization, “a puppet organization of China”

  

  US President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the US relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus, saying the WHO had essentially become a puppet organization of China.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  US-UK clash at UN with China over controversial law for Hong Kong

  

  President Donald Trump said on Friday he would strip several of Hong Kong's special privileges with the United States and bar some Chinese students from US universities in anger over Beijing's bid to exert control in the financial hub.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Trump orders a probe into Chinese companies listed in US financial markets

  

  US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered a probe into the actions of Chinese companies listed on American financial markets as tensions flared anew between the world's two biggest economies.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  China central bank will further lower interest rates to help revive the economy

  

  China will strengthen its economic policy and continue efforts to lower interest rates on loans, central bank Governor Yi Gang said, reinforcing expectations of further support measures to revive an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 20:52 UTC

  China open to the identification of the source of coronavirus, but “free of political interference”

  

  China is “open” to international cooperation to identify the source of the novel coronavirus but any investigation must be “free of political interference”, China's foreign minister said on Sunday. Wang Yi blasted what he called efforts by US politicians to “fabricate rumors” about the pathogen's origins and “stigmatize China”.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 07:46 UTC

  Virology institute in Wuhan admits having live strains of bat coronavirus but “do not match with the current outbreaks”

  

  The Chinese virology institute in the city where COVID-19 first emerged has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world, its director has said.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Restrictions on Chinese air carriers flying to US unless there is reciprocity

  

  The US government on Friday accused the Chinese government of making it impossible for US airlines to resume service to China and ordered four Chinese air carriers to file flight schedules with the US government. The administration of President Donald Trump stopped short of imposing restrictions on Chinese air carriers but said talks with China had failed to produce an agreement.