Tag: China

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 14:28 UTC

  Chinese fishing vessels withdraw from Indonesian EEZ, following standoff with Beijing

  

  Dozens of Chinese vessels which were fishing in Indonesia’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in Natuna are leaving the area, the Indonesian military said on Thursday, after days of stand-off.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:52 UTC

  US/China second phase trade negotiations results after presidential election, Trump warns

  

  Negotiations for the second phase of a pending US-China trade deal will begin promptly but the outcome may wait until after this year's elections, President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil after other markets if US and China agree on farm deal, mainly soybeans

  

  Brazil could lose some recent gains it made in the global soy market during the US-China trade war if those two countries reach a deal to end their dispute, a Brazilian Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  WHO growing concern with a possible new coronavirus outbreak in China

  

  A cluster of more than 50 pneumonia cases in the central Chinese city of Wuhan may be due to a newly emerging member of the family of viruses that caused the deadly SARS and MERS outbreaks, World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 07:23 UTC

  Indonesia sends warships to support its fishing vessels in a standoff with China

  

  Indonesia will mobilize fishermen to join warships in the South China Sea to help defend against Chinese vessels, the government said on Monday, as the biggest stand-off with China for years escalated off South-east Asia's largest country.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  China pumps an extra US$ 115bn stimulus to the economy effective Monday

  

  China moved to pump more cash into its financial system, suggesting that Beijing remained concerned about faltering growth despite signs that the world's second-largest economy was stabilizing.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  More cases in China of a mystery viral pneumonia; fears of a resurgence of SARS

  

  China on Friday confirmed more cases of a mystery viral pneumonia that has sparked fears about a resurgence of SARS, the flu-like virus that killed hundreds of people more than a decade ago. The 44 cases, up from the initial 27 announced on Tuesday, include 11 “severe cases”, health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said in a statement.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  US/China Phase One trade deal to be signed 15 January at the White House

  

  A partial new US-China trade agreement will be signed in the middle of next month, US President Donald Trump said, announcing that he will also then travel to China for continued talks.

• Monday, December 30th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Russia and China collude at UN to create convention on cybercrime, alarming the West

  

  The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, alarming rights groups and Western powers that fear a bid to restrict online freedom. The General Assembly approved the resolution sponsored by Russia and backed by China, which would set up a committee of international experts in 2020.

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  China's top pig producing province pledges to grow 60 million hogs in 2020

  

  China's top pig producer Sichuan province pledged to produce 60 million hogs in 2020, around levels in previous years, state media reported on Friday, after a deadly pig disease decimated the country's massive pig herd.