China’s UN envoy: Beat virus before probing its origins

05/07/2020

China will not invite international experts to investigate the source of COVID-19 until the “final victory” over the virus, Beijing’s UN ambassador in Geneva said Wednesday. China’s priority is first beating the pandemic — and secondly countering…

PH firms’ sales hit $124M in China’s import expo

Inquirer.net 11/12/2018

PHILIPPINE companies sold $124 million worth of sales in China’s first import expo, hitting twice the target earlier set by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). In a statement issued on Monday, DTI noted that it…

China’s seaplane to boost maritime capability, firefighting

10/22/2018

BEIJING – China will have better capability in maritime search, rescue and firefighting as it moves closer to putting the world’s largest amphibious aircraft into use. Developed and built by State-owned aircraft giant Aviation Industry Corp of…

China’s ‘new Silk Road’ project runs into debt jam

AFP 09/02/2018

China’s massive and expanding “Belt and Road” trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt. First announced in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the initiative…

Noynay to defend his WBO title against China’s Qixiu Zhang

Glendale G. Rosal 08/18/2018

BOGO City’s pride, the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific Youth champion Joe Marie “Jaw Breaker” Noynay, is on a tough mission as he is set to defend his title against Chinese upcomer Qixiu Zhang on…

China’s ‘secondary cities’ eyed

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 08/01/2018

CEBU PACIFIC’S PLANS Cebu Pacific Air (CEB), one of the country’s leading domestic carrier, is looking at the possibility of opening destinations to North Asia, particularly the secondary cities of China. Lance Gokongwei, CEB president and chief…

China’s trade surplus with US swells in June

AFP 07/13/2018

CHINA’s surplus with the United States hit a record last month, data showed Friday, adding to brewing tensions between the economic superpowers as they stand on the brink of an all-out trade war that Beijing warned would…

Kagitingan Reef may be China’s ‘intelligence hub’ in Spratlys — US think tank

Inquirer.net 02/18/2018

The Kagitingan Reef (Fiery Cross Reef), the smallest of the “Big 3” artificial islands of China in the Spratlys, is likely the “Intelligence/Communications hub” of the regional superpower on its man-made islands, a US-based think tank said.…

China’s Silk Road revival hits the buffers

AFP 11/12/2017

From a stalled Indonesian rail project to an insurgency-threatened economic corridor in Pakistan, China’s push to revive Silk Road trade routes is running into problems that risk tarnishing the economic crown jewel of Xi Jinping’s presidency. The…

Face recognition flushes out China’s toilet paper crooks

03/23/2017

A years-long crime spree by Chinese toilet paper thieves may have reached the end of its roll after park officials in southern Beijing installed facial recognition technology to flush out bathroom bandits. Park managers at the Temple…

China stays mum on its defense budget

AP 03/05/2017

BEIJING — China in recent years has responded to calls for greater military transparency by releasing its defense budget. Not this year, it seems. The defense and finance ministries did not immediately respond to questions about why…

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