RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025. China…
Property prices in Asia’s major markets are expected to rise over the next year with Hong Kong leading the projected gains, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Beyond Hong Kong, homes in Singapore, Australia and Japan will all become more expensive in 2025, a reportBloomberg Terminal from BI found. For Hong Kong, the numbers reverse a years-long…
BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A news report by chinadiplomacy.org.cn on China–Pakistan cooperation through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): A recent research, conducted by the Institute of Peace and Diplomatic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, highlights efforts by China and Pakistan to strengthen cooperation through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). As part of the Academy of Contemporary…
Congress should repeal China’s preferential trade status, a top US advisory panel on China said on Tuesday, the first time the body has explicitly called for an end to the policy that has been a cornerstone of China’s economic rise. Permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status “allows China to benefit from the same trade terms…
Vietnam has positioned itself in recent years as an attractive destination for Big Tech companies looking to move away from China. But Hanoi’s policies regarding social media have increasingly been following Beijing’s lead. The Southeast Asian nation is now ramping up already tight controls over online platforms with new rules that will require companies to…
BEIJING (AP) — Dozens of people have been killed in China in the past three months in a series of mass attacks. The latest on Tuesday saw primary school students struck by a car as they arrived for classes. The attacks take one of two forms — either drivers mowing down people on foot or…
China’s push to improve the finances of cash-strapped localities will mean they have less money to spend on big infrastructure projects because for the first time funds from the sale of new local government special bonds are being used to repay old loans. In March, Beijing said local governments could sell 3.9 trillion yuan ($539…
“Hongkong may be able to see the Apollo 12 astronauts in action ‘live’ from the moon in November on television direct from the United States through the satellite station in Stanley,” reported the South China Morning Post on July 24, 1969. “The station is scheduled to open in September. The project leader of the station,…
US and European stock futures rose with Asian shares as a decline in Treasury yields bolstered the appeal of holding equities. Traders are watching for any further news about President-elect Donald Trump’s planned administration. MSCI’s gauge of Asian stocks climbed as much as 1.2% with some of the biggest gains in Taiwan, India and Indonesia….
