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Nestle launches plant-based Harvest Gourmet brand in China
Nestle launched its plant-based Harvest Gourmet brand in China on Wednesday, moving into the country's meat substitute industry that has seen a surge of interest from investors and brands over the past year.
Bank account freezes in Hong Kong rekindle worries about asset safety
Some Hong Kong residents are starting to shift part of their local savings overseas after police recently froze the bank accounts of a few people linked to pro-democracy protests, rekindling asset safety concerns, bankers and lawyers said.
China says firmly opposes U.S. interference in its domestic affairs
China said on Monday it firmly opposes and strongly condemns U.S. interference in its domestic affairs if a media report that Washington is preparing new sanctions on Chinese officials over a Hong Kong crackdown is true.
Arms sales by China's four biggest companies in the sector rose by 5% in 2019: SIPRI think tank
Arms sales by China's four biggest companies in the sector rose by 4.8% in 2019 compared with 2018 to $56.7 billion, a leading conflict and armaments think-tank said on Monday.
FTSE Russell to drop eight Chinese firms after U.S. blacklisting
Index provider FTSE Russell will delete shares of video security firm Hikvision and seven other Chinese companies from certain products after a U.S. order restricting purchase of their shares, it said on Friday.
Facebook’s Clegg Says Biden, Allies Must Unite Against China
Nick Clegg, Facebook Inc.’s vice president of global affairs, called on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to unite the internet’s “regulatory planets” of India and the European Union against the influence of China.
France and New Zealand join Australia's criticism of Chinese government tweet
Former diplomat urges more countries to stand against ‘coercion’ from Beijing, as Chinese state media says Australia is ‘treating China’s goodwill with evil’
Exclusive: LG Chem to double China battery capacity to meet Tesla demand - sources
South Korea's LG Chem Ltd plans to more than double production capacity of battery cells it makes in China for Tesla Inc electric vehicles (EV) next year, sources said, to keep up with its U.S. client's growth in the biggest car market.
Exclusive: Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).
BioNTech, Fosun start Phase II trial of COVID-19 vaccine in China
BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical said on Wednesday they would launch a Phase II clinical trial of BioNTech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine in China.
China's imports of U.S. soybeans surge in October
Chinese imports of U.S. soybeans surged almost three-fold in October on a year-on-year basis, customs data showed on Wednesday, as cargoes booked following a Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China arrived in the country.
China says pope's remarks about "persecuted" Uighurs are groundless
The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday dismissed Pope Francis's criticism of China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs as groundless.
China tells Britain to curb double standards on six-monthly Hong Kong reports
China urged Britain on Tuesday to curb its colonial mindset, hypocrisy and double standards, in a response to its series of six-monthly reports on the former colony of Hong Kong.
China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch on Tuesday of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon in the first bid by any country to retrieve lunar surface samples since the 1970s, a mission underscoring Chinese ambitions in space.
Pope, for first time, says China's Uighurs are 'persecuted'
In a new book, Pope Francis for the first time calls China's Muslim Uighurs a "persecuted" people, something human rights activists have been urging him to do for years.
China gives pledge on access for COVID origins probe: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has had assurances from China that an international field trip to investigate the origins of the new coronavirus will be arranged as soon as possible, its top emergency expert said on Monday.
China sets launch window for mission to moon
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon between 4 am and 5 am Beijing time on Tuesday (2000-2100 GMT on Monday), the official Xinhua news agency said, citing information from the country's National Space Administration.
China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s.
Hungary could receive up to one million doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine: foreign minister
Hungary could receive up to one million doses of coronavirus vaccine from China in the coming months, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told state news agency MTI on Friday after a phone call with his Chinese counterpart.
Researchers say study on COVID-19 in Italy doesn't dispute virus origins
The authors of a study showing that the new coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than experts had previously believed said on Thursday their data did not dispute the origins of COVID-19 as they defended the accuracy of their findings.