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The European Union arms embargo on China that has existed for two decades may be lifted in early 2011, sources in Brussels told the French newspaper Le Figaro Thursday. The lifting of the embargo on all lethal weapons "could happen very quickly," a source close to EU foreign ...
Frequent high-level visits signal the desire of China and the EU to strengthen their economic and political ties A review of this year, the 35th year of relations between China and European Union, shows that both Brussels and Beijing attach great importance to the further ...
China's non-ferrous metals imports and exports rose 46.5 percent year on year to 108.48 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Thursday. Imports grew 40.6 percent year on year to 83.15 billion U.S. ...
The US Trade Representative's office expressed concern over the latest announcement following complaints it made to the World Trade Organization last week against China's trade policy. The complaints spoke out against alleged "excessive government intervention" with the country's ...
On a spotless factory floor, workers wearing hair nets snap together metal frames, cables, and photovoltaic cells to produce metallic-blue solar panels. This sort of work could be done just about anywhere, yet since October, China's Suntech Power Holdings Co has been making the ...
After falling by 16 percent in 2009, China's exports to all major markets recovered strongly this year, growing by almost 30 percent year-on-year. Export volume growth peaked in the mid-year, but has since decelerated due to the weakened momentum of external demand. It is ...
As economies around the world begin to recover after the global financial crisis, China is playing an important role in the recovery, and trade exhibitions have become a major part of this. One example of this is Reed Exhibitions 2010 China Summit , which was held Dec 9 - 10 in ...
The Chinese mainland will implement tariff reductions on goods and services as listed in the early harvest program of the cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) as scheduled, a mainland spokesman said Wednesday. Tariffs on 539 Taiwan goods will be reduced ...
East China's Jiangsu province sold abroad 23.52 million solar cells in the first 10 months of this year, a 190-percent year-on-year rise, the local customs house said on Dec 28. The exports were valued at $2.87 billion, up 160 percent year-on-year. But the average price went down ...
China's trade surplus has been exaggerated by the current statistical method to measure trade, an expert at a Brussels-based think tank said. "I would say that China's export is not as large as some say it is. The large export figures include value that has been added in other ...
China National Chemical Corp, or ChemChina, plans to acquire a 60 percent stake in Israel's Makhteshim Agan Industries, the world's largest generic agrochemicals maker. ChemChina will buy a 53 percent stake from public shareholders for US$1.27 billion and pay US$168 million to ...
China is considering establishing an industry association and a government unit for the rare earths industry to gain more control over the precious metals, senior officials said Tuesday. The rare earths industry association is likely to be launched in May and will assist ...
Trade volume between China and Vietnam in the first 10 months climbed 42.4 percent from a year earlier to 23.12 billion U.S. dollars, a Chinese official said here Tuesday. Zhu Hongren, chief engineer of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), said at a ...
French giant oil company Total, which plans to spend more next year to bolster its market share, is looking to China to improve businesses in Asia, a local daily reported on Tuesday. "We are willing to participate in the construction of a refinery in China. We seek to combine our ...
China has set its first round of 2011 rare earth export quotas at 14,446 tonnes, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement posted on its website Tuesday. The quota was down 11.4 percent year on year compared with the 16,304 tonnes in the first round of last year, according to ...
China's mineral industry is calling for "two-way" international cooperation on jointly developing rare earth resources outside China to intensify and diversify the global supply of rare earth. According to the China Securities Journal, Xu Xu, president of the China Chamber of ...
The US-based retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc and five other companies have agreed to invest more than $500 million in360buy.com, China's biggest business-to-customer (B2C) website, the Chinese company said, The New York Times reported Monday. Richard Liu, 360buy.com's chairman and ...
Shanghai overtook Singapore as the world's biggest container port for the first time in 2010, handling 29.05 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), city officials said yesterday. The city handled about 500,000 TEUs more than Singapore last year. Shanghai's container throughput ...
China Eastern Airlines is resuming flights to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu from Jan. 11. The airline will fly on Kunming-Kathmandu-Kunming route three times a week using Boeing 737-700 aircraft. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Zhao Dejian, station manager of the ...
Two shipping insurance centers have been established within 24 hours of each other in the city, after gaining regulatory approval in August. Despite their intense rivalry, the two centers share the same ambitious goal - developing shipping insurance services in Shanghai, which ...
Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has decided that ...
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Emerging economies are ...
China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced on ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
China is planning to clamp down on back door listings. A back door ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 women's World Cup following a 4...
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...