Australia: taking China to WTO over wine tariffs enables negotiations
MELBOURNE, Jun 20, 2021, Reuters. Australia’s complaint to the World Trade Organisation over China’s anti-dumping…
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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.
Astronauts reach China’s permanent space station Tianhe
BEIJING, Jun 18, 2021, China Daily. Three Chinese astronauts have entered the core module of…
Hong Kong newspaper increases print fivefold after arrests
HONG KONG, Jun 18, 2021, AP. Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily increased its print…
China and Russia to build international Moon base
BEIJING, Jun 17, 2021, TASS. China and Russia are planning to launch six missions within…
Hong Kong police arrest Apple Daily executives, seize reporting materials in national security law raid
HONG KONG, Jun 17, 2021, Reuters/Bloomberg. Five hundred Hong Kong police officers sifted through reporters’…
US House Republicans zero in on Big Tech’s relationships with China
WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 16, 2021, CNBC. House Republicans are zeroing in on the relationship between…
Clean air group calls out China-backed coal plant in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Jun 16, 2021, Bloomberg. A Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh that’s been the…
Hong Kong watching Chinese nuclear plant after leak reported
HONG KONG, Jun 16, 2021, AP. China’s government said Tuesday no abnormal radiation was detected…
NATO to enhance Japan ties, warning that China poses ‘systemic challenges’
BRUSSELS, Jun 15, 2021, The Japan Times. NATO leaders warned Monday that China’s military ambitions…
Chinese port suspends import of frozen food from 10 Asian states
HANOI, Jun 14, 2021, VN Express. A port in China’s Guangdong Province has temporarily suspended…
China making plans for future space exploration: Official
BEIJING, Jun 13, 2021, China Daily. China is making plans for the future development of…
Biden to press G-7 leaders to adopt a unified approach to counter China’s rising influence
WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 12, 2021, CNBC. President Joe Biden will press G-7 leaders to take…