Tag Archives: China

Tuesday, 18 April 2017   Beijing: After its debut in Thailand, Cambodia and Pakistan, Xi Jinping: The Governance of China has become a top seller and been well-received among local officials and scholars, with many hailing the value of the book for both its language and its outreach. The book, …

Monday, 17 April 2017 Shanghai: Global carmakers converge on China for the Shanghai auto show this week, with the industry bracing for a sharp sales slowdown and potential price war as competition stiffens in the world’s biggest car market. Manufacturers have reaped a windfall as the fast-expanding Chinese middle class …

Monday, 17 April 2017 KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is set to expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business in China, extending its reach to the country’s southern region while looking to expand the volume of supply to its existing buyers. In a media release yesterday, Petronas Vice President …

Thursday, 13 April 2017 BEIJING: China plans to build a Giant Panda National Park spanning 3 provinces to help the endangered animals mingle and enrich their gene pool. Pandas isolated on 6 mountains in the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan will be able to come together in the proposed …

Thursday, 13 April 2017 HARBIN: Customs authorities in Heilongjiang province said that they had seized more than 1 tonne of mammoth ivory smuggled from Russia. Luobei customs found 107 mammoth tusks, along with 37 woolly rhino horn parts and 1.11 tonnes of jade in secret compartments in a truck attempting …

Wednesday, 12 April 2017 BEIJING – This was up from February’s 0.8%, which was the lowest since January 2015, but was below forecasts of up to 1%. Producer prices rose slower than in February, with the Producer Price Index (PPI) up 7.6% compared to the year before, down from February’s 7.8%. Producer inflation was up to the fastest pace in almost 10 years …

Wednesday, 12 April 2017 BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a peaceful resolution of rising tensions on the Korean peninsula in a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group steams towards the region. Xi’s call with Trump came after an …

Friday, 7 April 2017 :  The wedding ceremony of Hong Kong superstar Aaron Kwok and his Chinese girlfriend Moka Fang (pic) will be held soon, reported Sin Chew Daily. It will be a low-key ceremony and only close family members will be invited. The 51-year-old actor-singer returned to Hong Kong …

Friday, 7 April 2017 MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered troops to occupy uninhabited islands and shoals it claims in the disputed South China Sea, asserting Philippine sovereignty in an apparent change of tack likely to anger China. The firebrand leader, who on the campaign trail joked that …

Thursday, 6 April 2017 Shanghai – Li Chaoqing fled his poverty-stricken Chinese hometown at age 14 for a new life in Shanghai, where he raised five children in a disused old boat on a polluted river. But Li, now a 53-year-old garbage collector, faces eviction along with about 200 other …