Tag: Xi Jinping

• Saturday, April 2nd 2016 - 08:07 UTC

  Argentina and China reaffirm strategic relation and agree to review contracts

  

  China has agreed to review contracts signed with Argentina, which need modifications, for the sake of transparency, according to Buenos Aires sources, but the overall strategic relation between the two countries and a raft of accords in different fields stands and is expected to continue to grow.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:14 UTC

  Beijing reminds Argentina of the jigger sinking before a possible meeting of Macri with Xi Jinping

  

  Beijing said that it “expects Argentina to perform according to law” in reference to the recent sinking of a Chinese flagged jigger by the country's Coast Guard and which was operating in Argentina's EEZ. The announcement is considered significant in Buenos Aires since Argentine president Mauricio Macri is expecting to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping in Washington, next Friday in the framework of the Nuclear security summit.

• Monday, March 28th 2016 - 05:47 UTC

  Macri visit to China in September: the strategic relation with Beijing stands, says Argentine ambassador

  

  Argentine ambassador to Beijing Diego Guelar confirmed a meeting between President Mauricio Macri and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next April first on the margins of the Nuclear Security Summit that begins next week in Washington and anticipated an official visit to China by Macri in September.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2015 - 09:28 UTC

  China and Brazil agree on further cooperation and on climate change

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazil's Dilma Rousseff met in Paris on the sidelines of the ongoing climate talks, and agreed to strengthen cooperation in a number of areas including a common position regarding global warming.

• Monday, November 23rd 2015 - 09:39 UTC

  China's Yuan to be included in IMF's SDR basket of currencies

  

  The inclusion of the Chinese currency in the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights (SDR) basket is long awaited, long overdue and, finally, all but a foregone conclusion.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Two Chinese nuclear plants for Argentina in a 15bn dollars deal

  

  Argentina signed two nuclear power plant construction deals with China on Sunday worth around US$15 billion, which would add 1,750 megawatts to the energy already produced by the country's three nuclear power plants.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2015 - 08:00 UTC

  China imports drop for twelfth month running: 18.8% in October

  

  China saw imports drop for the twelfth month in a row in October giving further cause for concern over the Chinese economy. Imports by the world's biggest trader of goods fell 18.8% from a year earlier to $130.8bn, a slight improvement on September's 20.4% decline.

• Thursday, November 5th 2015 - 07:30 UTC

  Beijing and Taiwan leaders to meet for the first time in 66 years, in Singapore

  

  Just weeks before Taiwan holds general and presidential elections, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou announced he will hold face-to-face talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Singapore. The meeting Saturday will be the first between Taiwanese and Chinese leaders since 1949 and authorities in China are predicting it will be a “major historic milestone” in the development of cross-strait relations.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 08:41 UTC

  The defense of the Falklands must take centre stage in Anglo-Chinese relations

  

  By Alex Calvo (*) - Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United Kingdom has been met with grand-sounding headlines, including references to a “golden era”. Public statements by both governments have focused on growing economic links, while some voices referred to human rights and US commentators expressed their concern at London’s closeness to Beijing at a time of increased tensions in the Indo-Pacific, above all the South China Sea.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2015 - 07:34 UTC

  China's Xi in UK to promote business and investments, including nuclear plant

  

  China's leader Xi Jinping is expected to put the seal on its contribution to what will be the first United Kingdom nuclear power plant to be built in a generation. The plant could be opened by 2025 at Hinkley Point, in Somerset, with China likely to cover about 30% of the cost.