BEIJING: State broadcaster Central China Television has rebranded its international networks and digital presence under the name China Global Television Network as part of a push to consolidate its worldwide reach.
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will transit through Houston and San Francisco during her January visit to allies in Latin America, her office said Friday, prompting China to repeat a call for the US to block any such stopover.Tsai’s office declined to comment on whether she would be meeting members of US President-elect Donald Trump’s team, but the US mission in Taiwan, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), said the visit would be “priva...
INTRODUCTION The very word ‘Destroyer’ conveys destructive power, force, and strength. It is no surprise, therefore, when in naval terms, a destroyer is an extremely powerful warship wh…
No fue necesario esperar a 1911 para que se produjera la primera revolución en China, aunque a la que tuvo lugar ese año le haya quedado ese nombre (o el de Xinhai, correspondiente a su fecha equivalente en el calendario tradicional).
A lo largo del devenir del gigante oriental fueron varios los
BEIJING: The world’s highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two provinces in the mountainous southwest and reducing travel times by as much as three-quarters, local authorities said Friday.The Beipanjiang Bridge soars 565 meters (1,854 feet) above a river and connects the two mountainous provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Guizhou provincial transport department said in a statement on its official website.
After fuelling global economic growth for years, #China is experiencing the lowest #GDP outlook in a generation. To help ease domestic pain, Beijing has been selling U.S. treasuries and devaluing its own yuan. But #America needs Chinese buyers for its debt.
The new year will also see #Brexit's chickens come home to roost, disrupting trade, jobs and growth in the world's largest single market. Meanwhile, central banks, after 8 years of quantitative easing sleight of hand, are nearly out of magic tricks and the Fed is beginning to raise rates. #Trump's plan to tear up #NAFTA should nicely impact our 1.1% rate of growth.
"We avoided Zhangjiajie for a long time. We knew it was known for big crowds and suspected it was just too commercialized for our taste. And how different could it really be from Yangshuo/Guilin or any number of the other beautiful karst mountains we’ve already been to?
Well, now we know. It is different. Not different in some mind-blowing way, but different enough to make us smile and feel content that we decided to make the trip..."
#China está completamente preparada para ‘una guerra comercial’ con #EstadosUnidos durante el mandato del presidente electo estadounidense, Donald #Trump.
China está completamente preparada para ‘una guerra comercial’ con Estados Unidos durante el mandato del presidente electo estadounidense, Donald Trump.
#China's appetite for foreign assets is likely to remain healthy after completed acquisitions surged 46% to a record $105bn this year as mainland firms scooped up assets ranging from movie studios to football clubs. But tighter regulatory scrutiny at home and abroad is likely to make it harder for #Chinesecompanies to target firms outside their own core business, or make purchases without giving more information on their source of funds.
Concerns about Chinese ownership of strategic assets and possible security implications of certain acquisitions meant $35.6bn worth of Chinese companies' bids failed this year, the highest ever, according to Thomson Reuters data. That compares with a mere $2bn of failed bids last year.
China's appetite for foreign assets is likely to remain healthy after completed acquisitions surged 46 percent to a record $105 billion this year as mainland firms scooped up assets ranging from movie studios to football clubs.
Mark Clattenburg, who refereed the biggest finals in soccer in 2016, would consider a transfer from the English Premier League to the wealthy and ambitious Chinese Super League.Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent by Chinese clubs on high-profile talent, including Argentina striker Carlos Tevez this week, in a bid to become a soccer superpower.