[Analytics] China’s Xi Jinping rolls out the big guns for his European ‘belt and road’ show
President’s team selection suggests he plans to put his infrastructure development programme front and centre…
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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.
Former Philippines’ gov’t officials bring Xi Jinping to ICC
MANILA, Mar 22, 2019, PhilStar. Chinese officials led by President Xi Jinping are being accused…
Vietnam demands compensation from China for sinking fishing boat
HANOI, Mar 22, 2019, VN Express. Vietnam wants China to take action against the Chinese…
Xi demands all-out efforts to rescue victims after industrial park explosion kills 47
BEIJING, Mar 22, 2019, Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday demanded all-out efforts to search…
US sanctions 2 Chinese firms for helping N. Korea evade sanctions
SEOUL/WASHINGTON, Mar 22, 2019, Yonhap. The United States on Thursday sanctioned two Chinese shipping companies…
Chinese president leaves for state visits to Italy, Monaco, France
BEIJING, Mar 21, 2019, Xinhua. President Xi Jinping left Beijing Thursday for state visits to…
Guan Eng thankful not leading East Coast Rail Link talks with Beijing
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 21, 2019, MalayMail. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said he is thankful…
Special envoys for Afghanistan from US, Russia, China, EU to hold talks on March 21-22
WASHINGTON, Mar 21, 2019, TASS. US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad will hold consultations…
BRI a bridge to more globalized, just world: expert
MEXICO CITY, Mar 20, 2019, Xinhua. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by China…
First major tunnel over 5,000 meters drilled through along China-Laos railway
BOTEN, Mar 21, 2019, Xinhua. A Chinese railway engineering company on Thursday drilled through Boten…
[Analytics] No sleep, no sex, no life: Tech workers in China’s Silicon Valley face burnout before they reach 30
ByteDance has introduced a ‘big/small week’ policy, where most of its 6,000 employees have to…
Vietnam demands China compensate for sunken boat
HANOI, Mar 20, 2019, VN Express. China needs to pay compensation for sinking a Vietnamese…