Tag: China

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  World's leading modern architect IM Pei dies aged 102

  

  IM Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died, the New York Times reported on Thursday. He was 102.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Beijing cancels major pork order from the US; China a leading market for US hog industry

  

  The same week United States President Donald Trump announced sweeping increases on tariffs against Chinese goods, Chinese buyers dropped orders for 3,247 metric tons of US pork - the biggest cancellation in more than a year, according to US Department of Agriculture data released on Thursday.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Trump's administration makes official Huawei's blacklisting further escalating trade dispute with China

  

  The Trump administration on Thursday officially added China's Huawei Technologies to a trade blacklist, immediately enacting restrictions that will make it extremely difficult for the telecom giant to do business with U.S. companies.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Xi promises a far more open China to the world, despite the trade dispute with US

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged that his country will be even more open to the world and debunked the notion of a “clash of civilization ”, even as his country remains mired in a trade war with the United States.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Trump's “little squabble” with China pinching farmers' pockets and his electoral base

  

  US farmers, who are major exporters of pork and soy, are caught in the middle of President Donald Trump's trade wars. And farmers along with the industries that support them, are also key voters.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  China reports weaker industrial output and retail sales during April: stimuli round the corner?

  

  China on Wednesday reported surprisingly weaker growth in industrial output and retail sales for April, reinforcing expectations that Beijing needs to roll out more stimulus measures as the trade war with the United States escalates.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  China announces higher tariffs on US produce; Trump expects to meet Xi in June in G20 summit

  

  United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would meet Chinese president Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the world's two largest economies intensified, sending shivers through global markets.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Venezuela receives 71 tons of medical supplies from China

  

  A second airplane from China carrying medical supplies including medicine arrived in Venezuela on Monday as part of a “humanitarian technical” cooperation agreement between President Nicolas Maduro's government and the Asian powerhouse.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Trade talks with Beijing escalate: China will not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harms its interests

  

  The United States and China appeared at a deadlock over trade negotiations on Sunday as Washington demanded promises of concrete changes to Chinese law and Beijing said it would not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harmed its interests.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Trump orders a new tariff hike on Chinese products as trade talks remain “candid and constructive”

  

  US President Donald Trump cranked up the heat on Friday in a trade battle with China, ordering a tariff hike on almost all remaining imports from the world's second-biggest economy, putting at risk global growth and the stability of financial markets.