The optimism expressed by officials from China and the United States suggesting the trade war is almost over has not trickled down to small exporters exhibiting their products at China’s largest export fair, who fear that, with or without a deal, the heyday for Chinese exports is over. Exporters at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, […] Read more
China has restricted the sale of 20.47 million plane tickets and 5.71 million high-speed train tickets as punishment for failing to repay debts or conducting other “untrustful” behaviour, according to data from National Development and Reform Commission. Millions of individuals and businesses have been labelled as untrustworthy on a growing blacklist compiled by China’s courts, […] Read more
China should not take it for granted that it will overtake the United States to become the world’s top superpower, former commerce minister Chen Deming warned on Sunday. At a forum organised by the Centre for China and Globalisation, a Beijing-based think tank, Chen warned that the country will remain “in the primary stage of […] Read more
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has unveiled a new exhibition featuring Lego portraits of Mexican students who were reportedly massacred in 2014. He unveiled the provocative artworks at a gallery in Mexico City on Thursday. They depict the faces of the 43 Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College pupils who were kidnapped and disappeared in Iguala, Mexico. […] Read more
A Beijing district court ruled Wednesday that a blog operator must apologize and pay more than 200,000 yuan ($29,851) to real estate developer Soho China for reputational damage. That’s after a blog run by the operator, Zhuhai Shengun Network Technology, claimed that one of the developer’s properties brought bad luck to its tenants due to […] Read more
The European Union and China have unexpectedly managed to agree on a joint draft statement for their summit on Tuesday, despite impatience among some EU leaders at China’s pace of opening up to trade and investment. One of the main concerns as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang touched down in Brussels was whether increased tensions between […] Read more
China has cut a controversial tax on personal items bought overseas, ranging from iPads to books, in an effort to boost consumer confidence. The government will slash the “tax on baggage and articles accompanying incoming passengers and personal postal articles”, a three-in-one tax consisting of value-added tax, consumption tax and import duties on April 9, […] Read more
China and the European Union may not be able to issue a joint statement during Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Brussels next week, as the two sides are bickering over the extent to which access to China’s market should be improved, EU sources have told the South China Morning Post. Germany, France, Britain, Sweden and […] Read more
Beijing’s decision on Sunday to break a tacit agreement by sending two PLA fighter jets across a largely observed line dividing the Taiwan Strait has been seen by Taiwanese analysts as intentional and a response to US naval “freedom of navigation” exercises in the strait. It also demonstrated that Beijing had discounted Taiwan’s reaction over […] Read more
China and the United States resumed trade talks in Beijing on Friday, giving another push to their high-stakes negotiations to end their months-long tariff war. Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He met US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in the Chinese capital, after the two sides kick-started the […] Read more
