[Analytics] New Silk Road money is paving the Old Silk Roads
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China
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.
Indonesia seeks import tariff relief for steel products to China
SHANGHAI, Nov 6, 2019, ANTARA. Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, at…
Xi Jinping’s Brazil trip ‘may be too soon’ for China to sign partial US trade war deal
BEIJING, Nov 6, 2019, SCMP. Next week’s trip to Brazil by Chinese President Xi Jinping…
China-based SE Asian tsunami warning hub now in full operation
BEIJING, Nov 6, 2019, China Daily. With the full operation of an advisory center authorized…
Trade war losses for the US and China grow into the tens of billions of dollars
BEIJING, Nov 6, 2019, CNBC. There may be winners and losers from a political point…
Pro-Beijing politician wounded in Hong Kong knife attack
HONG KONG, Nov 6, 2019, AFP. A firebrand pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong was wounded…
American firms looking at relocating production bases to Thailand amid US-China trade war
BANGKOK, Nov 6, 2019, The Nation. US business leaders on a visit to Thailand are…
[Analytics] Europe ‘pushed off Beijing’s radar’ in China’s drive to seal US trade deal
Concerns mounting among European businesspeople about lack of progress on EU-China investment agreement, head of…
Vietnam punishes Volkswagen for car with disputed China map
HANOI, Nov 5, 2019, Bloomberg. Vietnam will fine a Volkswagen local distributor and an importer…
U.S. underscores commitment to Indo-Pacific region after RCEP deal
WASHINGTON, Nov 5, 2019, Yonhap. The United States Monday underscored its commitment to free trade…
ASEAN still divided over South China Sea
PHNOM PENH, Nov 5, 2019, The Khmer Times. Asean and China expressed readiness to resume…
US seeks major arms control deal with Russia and China: Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., Nov 5, 2019, TASS. The United States wants to strike a new arms…