Archive for December 1st, 2016
China vows to cap water consumption, crack down on polluters
China will keep national annual water consumption below 670 billion cubic metres (bcm) through to 2020, the state planning agency said on Wednesday, part of efforts to ease [...] » More
China Is Positioned to Fill the Breach if US Downgrades Ties With Cuba
While US remittances total more than all Cuban exports, Beijing’s trade with island is growing fast A reversal of President Barack Obama’s outreach to Cuba, as [...] » More
Chinese firms hit by huge increase in cyber attacks: survey
Cyber attacks on Chinese companies have soared in the past two years, according to a survey, with new technologies that connect household items to the internet and allow them [...] » More
UN Security Council set to tighten screws on N Korea – with China’s help
The world is looking to clamp down on North Korea and, this time, China appears to be on board. The United Nations Security Council is set to vote Wednesday on sanctions [...] » More
China stands to win in Trump administration
Donald Trump’s election has produced one clear winner in the international arena: China. Trump accused China of stealing US jobs through unfair trade practices and [...] » More
China isn’t Australia’s biggest trade problem: it’s the US
One of the more bizarre sights in Australian politics in the coming months may be watching local Donald Trump wannabies trying to use our economic ties with China to fan [...] » More
Despite Climate Change Vow, China Pushes to Dig More Coal
America’s uncertain stance toward global warming under the coming administration of Donald J. Trump has given China a leading role in the fight against climate change. [...] » More
China’s communist party organ calls for armoured vehicles seized by HK to be ‘melted down’
The Global Times, an online publication of the Communist Party’s official People’s Daily, has in an editorial said that the armoured vehicles impounded by the [...] » More
China Tightens Controls on Overseas Use of Its Currency
As an exodus of money adds to the pressure on a slowing economy, regulators are trying to put the brakes on overseas use of China’s currency by increasing the scrutiny [...] » More
Melco Crown’s Billionaire Owner Plans Hotel Brand Beyond Macau
Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd’s billionaire chair said he wants to be the first resort operator to use Macau as the launchpad for a global hotel brand, beginning with a [...] » More
MTS says probing its China executives
MTS Systems Corp, a maker of industrial sensors, said on Tuesday it was investigating apparent violations of its code of conduct involving some top executives in its China [...] » More
Highly Contagious Bird Flu Outbreak In Japan Prompts Officials To Kill 300,000 Chickens And Ducks
Japan has started culling more than 300,000 chickens and ducks after the discovery of a highly contagious form of bird flu on farms in the north of the country, local [...] » More
Japan spending $173M on world’s fastest supercomputer
The international supercomputer race may soon have a new contender: Japan is reportedly eyeing the world’s fastest-ever machine. Reuters this week revealed the [...] » More
Park departure could shift regional security calculus for Japan
While Japan played down any negative impact from the political upheaval in South Korea, the possible departure of President Park Geun-hye could change Japan’s calculus [...] » More
For Japan, a Weak Yen May Be Overvalued
The relationship between currencies, trade and economic health isn’t as simple as it used to be The US dollar’s recent surge against most global currencies ought [...] » More
