Tag: China

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Peru agrees to promote US investments in the country to counter Beijing influence

  

  Lima and Washington are in the final stages of talks on a deal to promote American investments in Peru as part of a U.S. initiative to counter Chinese influence in the region, Peruvian diplomatic sources said.

• Wednesday, December 4th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Beijing's gift to El Salvador for Taiwan cut off: Stadium, library, water plants

  

  China has agreed to pay for a new national stadium and library in El Salvador as part of an infrastructure package promised to the country after it switched allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Russia the kingpin of the global gas sector; Putin launches “Power of Siberia” with China's Xi

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping launched this Monday a gas pipeline that is the first of three ambitious projects intended to cement Moscow's role as top gas exporter.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 07:56 UTC

  Beijing accuses UN Human Rights chief of inappropriate interference in China's affairs

  

  China accused UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet of “inappropriate” interference in the country's affairs after she called for investigations into alleged excessive use of force by police in Hong Kong.

• Monday, November 25th 2019 - 06:29 UTC

  US, a source of instability and “baselessly smearing China” blasts top Beijing official

  

  The United States is the world's biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Saturday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  China buying all Brazilian beef available; meat prices in Sao Paulo at record high

  

  Chinese demand is increasingly swallowing up Brazil's beef supply, pushing the country's cattle prices to a record high. China’s hunger for foreign meat has shot up as an outbreak of African swine fever has reduced its domestic pig population and has sent it looking for substitutes.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentine send first shipment of chilled pork for China

  

  Argentina has sent its first shipment of chilled pork to China, the government announced, as China's pork imports rise due to a devastating outbreak of African swine fever at home.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Trump again threatens China with higher tariffs if no deal is reached

  

  The United States would raise tariffs on Chinese imports if no deal is reached with Beijing to end a trade war, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, threatening an escalation of the spat that has damaged economic growth worldwide.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  FBI regrets not having acted more swiftly in the intellectual property dispute with Beijing

  

  The FBI wished it had taken swifter action as Beijing recruited US-based researchers to transfer intellectual property from American laboratories, a senior official at the agency said on Tuesday during Senate testimony.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Beijing sends naval force with a carrier to intimidate Taiwan's presidential election

  

  China has sailed a carrier group into the sensitive Taiwan Strait led by its first domestically built aircraft carrier as election campaigning kicked into high gear on the self-ruled island on Sunday. Taiwan's foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said they would not be intimidated.