Tag: China

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  First China built icebreaker begins its maiden voyage to Antarctica

  

  China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, will start its maiden voyage to the Antarctic from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen this week.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:32 UTC

  US Lower House passes bills in support of Hong Kong protestors and criticizing Beijing

  

  The US House of Representatives on Tuesday (Oct 15) passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada's government in a dispute over the extradition of an executive from Huawei.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Pompeo tells NBA to stand up to China, after a row over support for Hong Kong protestors

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged the NBA to stand up to China, wading into a row as Beijing pressures the basketball league after a team official expressed support for demonstrations in Hong Kong.

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  US/China agree to a first phase of trade deal; Trump suspends a tariff hike

  

  United States and China agreed on Friday to the first phase of a deal to end a trade war, prompting President Donald Trump to suspend a threatened tariff hike, but officials said the agreement had to be put on paper and more work was required to get it finalized.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazil will reopen its Antarctica base Comandante Ferraz next January

  

  The Brazilian Navy will inaugurate its new 4,500 m² Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station (EACF) in January 2020, the head of the Navy Programs Management Directorate (DGePM), Vice Admiral Petronio Augusto Siqueira de Aguiar, said earlier this month.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  New IMF chief claims the world economy is in a “synchronized slowdown”

  

  Grinding trade disputes are undermining the global economy, which is set to see its slowest growth in nearly a decade, the new IMF chief said on Tuesday. Research shows the impact of the trade conflict is widespread and countries must be ready to respond in unison with cash infusions, Kristalina Georgieva said in her first speech as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Global trade tensions have investment on hold and promote poverty, World Bank claims

  

  As global trade tensions persist, investments are put on hold and without that cash to boost economic growth, poverty could surge, the World Bank's chief economist warned Tuesday. Without growth “inevitably, people will struggle”, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg said in an interview.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Chinese travelers overseas spent US$ 127.5 billion in first half of 2019

  

  China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange reports that Chinese travellers spent US$ 127.5 billion abroad in the first half of 2019.

• Wednesday, October 9th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  China's state media blasts NBA for endorsing Hong Kong violence and “secessionist pipe dream”

  

  Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” in an escalating row over comments by a team official in support of protests in Hong Kong.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Developing nations foreign debt reaches US$ 7.8 trillion, World Bank report

  

  Total foreign debt held by developing nations jumped more than 5% to US$7.8 trillion, driven by a surge in Chinese debt, the World Bank said in a report on Wednesday.