Asean wary of being used as pawn in Washington-Beijing jostling
[Singapore] Despite the personal rapport between Donald Trump and Xi Jing-ping, Sino-US rivalry has been escalating over trade, technology, and security issues. As Trump puts it: “I am President of United States and Xi is President of China”. National interest trumps friendship. And the businessman-turned-politician has made it clear that in the contest for supremacy, America must […]
Opening up of service sector brings new energy to Beijing’s economy
By expanding supply-side structural reform in the service sector, Beijing has injected new energy into its economy since it became the first city in China to carry out the pilot program of opening up the service industry in May 2015. During the past four years, the city opened China’s first aircraft maintenance joint-venture and the […]
Foreign-funded companies in Beijing’s CBD top 10,000 for two years in a row
The number of foreign-funded companies in the Beijing Central Business District (CBD) has reached 10,000 for two years in a row, said Guo Liang, deputy director of the Beijing CBD Administrative Committee. Among all the foreign companies, 86 have set up regional headquarters here, Guo added. After three decades of’ fast development, the Beijing CBD […]
Beijing Expo 2019 prepares for interior decoration
Organizers of the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition, otherwise known as Beijing Expo 2019, has started preparations of the interior decoration as the event’s site construction comes to an end. The main buildings of the Beijing Expo 2019 will be completed shortly, including the China Pavilion, the International Pavilion, the Horticultural Life Experience Pavilion, the […]
Seoul seeks to widen cooperation with Beijing to fight fine dust pollution
South Korea’s government said Thursday it will push to team up with China to take emergency measures on reducing fine dust. Environment Minister Cho Myung-rae, announcing the government’s special measures to fight fine dust pollution, said Seoul will ask Beijing to conduct a joint artificial rain experiment over the sea between the two countries this […]
Beijing rejects Hong Kong’s anti-corruption laws eyeing city head
China’s central government has rejected a plan by Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to tighten the city’s anti-corruption laws and ensure that all gifts and benefits offered to the chief executive are graft-free. Beijing found the idea of amending the existing law for this reason unacceptable, a source familiar with the central government’s […]
Why Tokyo and New Delhi Are Reaching Out to Beijing and Vice Versa
The volatility of US President Donald Trump’s administration has thrown many a government across the world into a tizzy. With Washington blowing hot one day and cold the next, foreign-policy mandarins in various world capitals have been burning the proverbial midnight oil, trying to develop strategies to deal with the maverick administration. India and […]
Beijing a champion in global research output: Nature Index
Beijing was selected by the Nature Index 2017 Science Cities as a champion in global research output, which is believed to flex China’s scientific advancement in recent years. The supplement released on Oct. 19 showed that Beijing tops the list of global cities for research output and Shanghai ranks the fifth. Chinese cities’ top ranking […]
Experts rebuke Beijing government plan to list smog as meteorological disaster
The decision of Beijing authorities to list smog as a meteorological disaster has sparked strong disapproval among Chinese scholars, who believe that such a move could offer polluters a legal basis to avoid punishment. According to the second version of the draft of the Beijing Meteorological Disasters Prevention and Control Regulations, released on Dec. 1, […]
Where are Seoul-Beijing ties heading?
John Burton – The Korea Times The recent explosion of North Korea’s fifth and biggest nuclear bomb raises a key question of the whether the test will bring South Korea and China closer together or further apart. The test has hardened President Park Geun-hye’s determination to deploy the U.S. advanced missile defense system, Terminal High […]
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