Russia and China to build world’s largest ethylene petrochemical plant
CHENGDU, Oct 16, 2019, RT, China Daily. An agreement worth more than $13 billion has…
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.
Almost 90 per cent of Chinese workers trust a robot more than their human managers
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2019, SCMP. Many people have sounded a warning that artificial intelligence could…
Alibaba Group thwarts 300M hack attempts per day: Founder Jack Ma
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2019, CNBC. Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group is the target of some…
US House takes hard line on China over Hong Kong, passes Bill aimed at supporting protests
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 16, 2019, Bloomberg, AFP. The United States House gave support to pro-democracy…
Xi calls China for speeding up innovation in marine tech
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2019, China Daily. President Xi Jinping called on Tuesday for speeding up…
[Analytics] What is more important to Putin: Saudi or Iran?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has just wrapped up an important visit to Saudi Arabia. Stephen…
Cambodia’s rubber exports fetch $231M in nine months
PHNOM PENH, Oct 15, 2019, The Phnom Penh Post. Cambodia exported $231 million worth of…
Philippine authorities caution Filipinos in Hong Kong to avoid protest sites
MANILA, Oct 15, 2019, PhilStar. As anti-government protests paralyze public transit and businesses in Hong…
[Analytics] US–Japan trade and Trump’s political trophy
US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inked the US–Japan Trade Agreement…
Improving services sector can help Taiwan make friends: Acer founder
TAIPEI, Oct 15, 2019, Taiwan News. Acer founder Stan Shih (施振榮) was invited as a…
China’s pork prices surged 69.3% in Sept. due to a shortage of the meat
BEIJING, Oct 15, 2019, CNBC. Pork prices in China jumped 69.3% in September from a…
[Analytics] The American crackdown on Chinese intelligence
After decades of all but ignoring large-scale Chinese intelligence operations targeting the United States, the…