Tag: China

• Monday, April 13th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  EU planning measures to prevent threat of Chinese takeovers of companies shares

  

  The European Union's competition chief told the Financial Times that member countries should buy stakes in companies to counter the threat of Chinese takeovers, with her comments coming as the EU formulates plans to protect its businesses amid the coronavirus outbreak.

• Saturday, April 11th 2020 - 10:20 UTC

  China pledges support to Argentina in its fight against COVID-19

  

  President Xi Jinping said China is ready to continue sharing COVID-19 prevention and control experience with Argentina and offering assistance within its capacity. Xi made the remarks in a recent exchange of messages with Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez.

• Thursday, April 9th 2020 - 13:28 UTC

  Brazil spurs manufacturers to make ventilators after a 15.000 units purchase from China fell through

  

  Brazil’s health minister said on Wednesday that the country’s attempts to purchase thousands of ventilators from China to fight a growing coronavirus epidemic had fallen through and the government is now looking to Brazilian companies to build the devices.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 07:29 UTC

  China unseats the US as the world leader in international patent filings

  

  China last year became the world leader in international patent filings, unseating the United States which had held the top spot for more than four decades, the UN said on Tuesday. A record 265,800 international patent applications were filed last year, a hike of 5.2% from 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization said in its annual report.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 07:18 UTC

  Trump blasts WHO for focusing on China and issuing bad advice on coronavirus

  

  US President Donald Trump sharply criticized the World Health Organization on Tuesday, accusing it of being too focused on China and issuing bad advice during the coronavirus outbreak.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentina beef exports to the EU and China plunge

  

  Market reports suggest that Argentine beef shipments to the European Union have reduced to almost zero amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Sales to China, the main buyer, have dropped below 2019 levels.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  Beijing furious with Brazil after Education minister links COVID-19 pandemic to China's “plan for world domination”

  

  China demanded an explanation from Brazil on Monday after the conservative government’s education minister linked the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to the Asian country’s “plan for world domination,” in a tweet imitating a Chinese accent.

• Tuesday, April 7th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  US warns China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel near disputes islands

  

  The United States on Monday warned China not to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to exert itself in the South China Sea after Vietnam said Beijing sank a trawler.

• Friday, April 3rd 2020 - 07:37 UTC

  Beijing disappears whistle blower doctor after disseminating information of coronavirus in Wuhan

  

  Wuhan doctor Ai Fen, who expressed early concerns about the coronavirus to the media, has disappeared and is believed detained by Chinese authorities. Fen, the head of the emergency at Wuhan Central Hospital, was given a warning after she disseminated information about the coronavirus to several other doctors.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Growing opinion in US that China's coronavirus figures are a “major cover-up operation”

  

  President Donald Trump cast doubt on Wednesday on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover-up.