China unveils follow-up lunar exploration missions
BEIJING, Jan 15, 2019, Xinhua. China will launch the Chang’e-5 probe by the end 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.
Samsung targets Indian millenials with cheaper smartphones
SEOUL, Jan 14, 2019, Bloomberg. Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a new range of inexpensive smartphones…
China’s foreign trade hits historic high in 2018
BEIJING, Jan 14, 2019, Xinhua. China’s foreign trade rose 9.7 percent year on year to…
[Analytics] Kim Jong-un hints that N. Korea views China as model for development
SEOUL, Jan 13, 2019, Hankyoreh. “North Korea views China’s development experience as extremely important, and…
[Analytics] Sino-European nuclear power unit to fuel global fusion
GUANGZHOU, Jan 13, 2019, Xinhua. It was in late 2011 when a crucial decision needed…
[Analytics] US wants Japan and S. Korea to tag team China. But history is in the way
WASHINGTON D.C., Jan 12, 2019, SCMP. In US foreign policy circles, there has been a…
Chang’e-4 mission an important innovational achievement: congratulatory message
BEIJING, Jan 12, 2019, Xinhua. The Chang’e-4 mission, a further remarkable achievement in China’s space…
Wu Lei scores twice to lift China to 3-0 win over Philippines in the AFC
ABU DHABI, Jan 12, 2019, Xinhua. The Chinese Super League topscorer Wu Lei grabbed a…
Paraguay cuts diplomatic ties with Venezuela; Peru recalls envoy over Maduro inauguration
ASUNCIÓN/LIMA, Jan 11, 2019, The Santiago Times. Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez has announced that…
Chinese president’s special envoy attends inauguration of Venezuelan president
CARACAS, Jan 10, 2019, Xinhua. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy Han Changfu attended the…
[Analytics] Chinese traders in American cars find temporary relief in trade war truce
TIANJIN, Jan 10, 2019, Reuters. In the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin, grey market…
Philippines urged to monitor China’s coral reef rehab in Spratlys
MANILA, Jan 10, 2019, Philstar. The Philippine government should monitor Beijing’s coral reef rehabilitation project…