Tag: China

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  China again changes the method of counting COVID-19 patients

  

  China said on Thursday it has again changed the method of counting patients with COVID-19 and will now include only those diagnosed by sophisticated laboratory testing.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  COVID-19: IATA warns Pacific-Asia region airlines stand to lose US$ 30bn revenue

  

  Airlines operating in the Asia-Pacific region stand to lose a combined US$27.8 billion of revenue this year in the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the International Air Transport Association said on Thursday.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Beijing/US media war: three WSJ newsroom journalists expelled over an OPED column

  

  China on Wednesday ordered three reporters from The Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what Beijing deemed a racist headline, in one of the harshest moves against foreign media in years.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  China back in the market for US agricultural commodities

  

  China is back in the market for US agricultural commodities after issuing a list of products that will be eligible for tariff waivers, according to market sources. US exporters sold at least two sorghum cargoes to China after buyers bid for supplies to be shipped in the first half of the year. Importers also inquired about soybeans on Wednesday, a day after asking about wheat prices in a move that sent Chicago futures rallying.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:06 UTC

  Jaguar Land Rover running out of Chinese parts for UK factories: some parts flown in suitcases

  

  Jaguar Land Rover has flown in parts in suitcases as the effects of coronavirus take a toll on the carmaker's supply chain. It said it could start to run out of Chinese parts for its UK factories after two weeks.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  US considers five China state run media entities as “foreign missions” and must register with the State Department

  

  The United States will begin treating five major Chinese state-run media entities with U.S. operations as “foreign missions” and operatives of Beijing’s government, requiring them to register their employees and U.S. properties with the State Department.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:49 UTC

  China lifts tariffs on 696 products imported from the US, including farm and energy products

  

  China said on Tuesday it would accept applications for new tariff exemptions for 696 products imported from the United States including key agricultural and energy products such as pork, beef, soybeans, liquefied natural gas and crude oil.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:11 UTC

  Argentine meat industry suffering great losses because of coronavirus and closure of Chinese market

  

  Argentina's meat industry is becoming highly complicated because of the drop in exports to its main market, China, warned Daniel Urcía, vice-president of the Argentine regional abattoirs industry, FIFRA.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 07:13 UTC

  Pompeo confident the West is winning and will prevail over Russian and Chinese “empire desires”

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended on Saturday his nation's global role despite misgivings in Europe, vowing that Western values would prevail over Russian and Chinese desires for “empire”.

• Saturday, February 15th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  COVID-19 death toll surges past 1.500 and 66.000 infected

  

  The death toll from China's new coronavirus epidemic surged past 1,500 on Saturday after 139 more people died in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak. The province's health commission also reported 2,420 new cases of the COVID-19 strain, about half the number from the previous day.