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China to help plug UK nuclear power gap as Japanese plans falter
China’s General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) will bring forward plans to build a nuclear plant in Britain, it said on Thursday, helping plug a gap left by the failure of two Japanese projects.
Germany pushes China to open its financial sector
Germany and China are working on ways to improve market access for each other's banks and insurers, the German finance minister said on Thursday, and he welcomed plans by China and the United States to ease trade tensions through talks.
Exclusive: Sri Lanka to receive $1 billion Bank of China loan this quarter
Sri Lanka will receive a loan of $1 billion from Bank of China before the end of the January-March quarter, the chief of the central bank said on Thursday, to help the country meet repayments in the coming months.
Chinese premier invites biting comments on the state of the economy
Premier Li listens to liberal economists and private business delegates for feedback on his government work report.
China confirms top trade negotiator will travel to Washington for talks this month | CNN Politics
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will head to the United States for talks starting January 30 as the world's top two economies seek a way out of their trade war.
China's Tencent releases test version of Game of Thrones smartphone game
Tencent Holdings has released a test version of a third-party developed smartphone game in China based on U.S. hit television show Games of Thrones, bolstering its pipeline that has been hit by government curbs of online gaming.
China's growth set to slow to 6.3 percent in 2019, more stimulus seen: Reuters poll
China's economy is expected to cool further this year as domestic demand weakens and exports are hit by U.S. tariffs, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, reinforcing views Beijing will need to roll out more stimulus measures.
Exclusive: British Lotus cars to be 'Made in China' at new Geely plant: documents
The Chinese owner of Lotus plans to start producing the British sports car brand in China for the first time with the opening of a new 9 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) factory in Wuhan city, company job advertisements and government documents showed.
A top Asia dealmaker retraces a life shaped by 40 years of US-China relations
Shan Weijian's autobiography recounts his life from working on a farm in the Gobi Desert during the Cultural Revolution to teaching at Wharton.
Germany considers barring Huawei from 5G networks
The German government is debating whether to follow the United States and allies like Australia in restricting China's Huawei Technologies from accessing its next-generation mobile networks on national-security grounds.
US lawmakers seek ban on chip sales to China’s Huawei and ZTE
The bipartisan bills target firms supposedly in breach of US sanctions, and specifically cite Huawei and ZTE. Republican Senator Tom Cotton branded Huawei ‘an intelligence-gathering arm of the Chinese Communist Party’.
U.S. trade chief saw no progress on key issues in China talks: Senator
United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer did not see any progress made on structural issues during U.S. talks with China last week, Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley said on Tuesday as plans emerged for higher-level discussions at the end of January.
Talks to end trade war advance as Chinese vice-premier agrees to visit US
Vice-premier will lead a Chinese delegation to Washington on January 30 and 31 in hopes of progress toward a trade deal.
Exclusive: Sri Lanka says has $300 million loan offer from Bank of China, may increase to $1 billion
Sri Lanka is considering an offer from Bank of China for a loan of $300 million, which could be raised to $1 billion, to help it meet repayments in coming months, junior finance minister Eran Wickramaratne told Reuters on Tuesday.
Guangzhou, an exporting hub, missed its growth target for 2018
China’s fourth largest city by GDP grew by 6.5 per cent last year, short of the 7.5 per cent target set at the beginning of the year.
China warns citizens they risk ‘arbitrary detention’ in Canada
Foreign ministry in Beijing issues warning a day after similar warning by Canadians.
China has culled more than 900,000 pigs due to African swine fever
China has culled 916,000 pigs after around 100 outbreaks of African swine fever in the country, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, as the disease continues to spread to new regions and larger farms.
China signals more stimulus as economic slowdown deepens
China on Tuesday signaled more stimulus measures in the near term as a tariff war with the United States took a heavy toll on its trade sector and raised the risk of a sharper economic slowdown.
First U.S. crude cargoes head to China since trade breakthrough: sources
Three cargoes of U.S. crude are heading to China from the U.S. Gulf Coast, trade sources said on Monday, the first departures since late September and a 90-day pause in the two countries' trade war that began last month.
Beijing mayor calls for belt-tightening amid ‘external uncertainties’
Under pressure from slowing economy, big-ticket commitments and dwindling income, city will cut spending by at least 5 per cent this year.
