High-speed railway to “cradle of Chinese revolution” opens in Nanchang
NANCHANG, Dec 27, 2019, Xinhua. A high-speed railway opened on Thursday threading Nanchang, capital of…
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The People’s Republic of China is an economy of 1.3 billion people. When it joined APEC in 1991, it had a real GDP of USD 906 billion and a per capita GDP of USD 788. Today it is the second-largest economy in the world. By 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 9.5 trillion, while its per capita GDP increased nine-fold to USD 6,800.
China and Japan eye broader cooperation
BEIJING, Dec 26, 2019, China Daily. Beijing and Tokyo have agreed to expand cooperation in…
[Analytics] Can India survive in a China-centered Asia-Pacific?
The successful completion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with Asia-Pacific countries is more…
Police use tear gas, pepper spray as Hong Kong Christmas protests turn ugly
HONG KONG, Dec 26, 2019, SCMP. Defiant anti-government protesters took to the streets of Hong…
Tanker in Singapore Strait boarded by pirates on Christmas Day, 30 incidents recorded so far in 2019
SINGAPORE, Dec 26, 2019, The Straits Times. A tanker in the Singapore Strait was boarded…
Christmas lights, tangled in US-China trade war, show Vietnam’s struggle: Bloomberg
HANOI, Dec 26, 2019, Bloomberg. Shipments from Vietnam to US have more than doubled thanks…
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick severs last ties to company
NEW YORK, Dec 25, 2019, The Business Times. About decade after co-founding Uber, Travis Kalanick…
Over half of Chinese consumers would pay for green packaging
BEIJING, Dec 25, 2019, China Daily. More than 50 percent of Chinese consumers are willing…
[Analytics] Modest but positive funding for US’ Asia-Pacific strategy
Asia-focused foreign and security policy analysts in Washington, many of whom have been sceptical about…
[Analytics] Battleground Nepal: China’s BRI vs the US MCC Compact
The all-powerful Standing Committee meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, which ended on December…
[Analytics] Central Asia’s domestic conundrum
Almost 30 years after the collapse of the USSR, Central Asian citizens are growing tired…
Russian diamond firm to use blockchain solution to sell diamonds in China
MOSCOW, Dec 25, 2019, BTCmanager. Russia-based diamond producer, ALROSA announced that it will launch a…