Hong Kong’s leader took the opportunity to update Xi Jinping on the city’s economy and development, and received the Chinese president’s encouragement when the pair met on several occasions during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru, the chief executive has said. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said on Saturday (local time) that…
Hong Kong has signed a free-trade deal with Peru, in what the two sides hailed as a way to spur new business opportunities between the two economies and with mainland China. Witnessed by Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah and his counterpart…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inaugurated Latin America’s first Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru — a symbol of the Asian superpower’s growing influence on the continent as it prepares to face off with a new Donald Trump administration. China’s President Xi Jinping (left) waves next to Peru’s President Dina Boluarte upon his arrival for…
LIMA – It was a big day for Peru’s accidental president, Dina Boluarte, whose official schedule has been blank for months. On Thursday, the high-profile Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima thrust Boluarte — among the world’s least popular presidents, with a mere 4% public approval rating — into the bright lights of a convention…