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From Forbes.com: The US and China drew closer to a deal to regulate surging volumes of Chinese textile shipments that have heightened trade tensions between the two economic powers. But further talks will be needed to close the deal, said David Spooner, the special negotiator for textiles in the US Trade Representative’s office, as a […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: China is the biggest producer and consumer of coal. The challenge for the country is to haul each year more than two billion metric tons of coal mined far inland to power stations and industry in coastal provinces. ¬† In recent years, that task has overwhelmed the creaking transportation network […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: Sudden shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel in southeastern China have highlighted an ongoing debate over how quickly corporate influence and freedom of information are driving China toward a market-based economy. Many service stations in southeastern China, notably in cities near Hong Kong, have abruptly run out of fuel this […]
Read MoreThe recent edition of Japan Focus features a number of articles concerning Japan-China relations sixty years after the end of World War II, including: Child survivor of forced mass suicide in Manchuria still loves hero who saved her By Ichikawa Miako Koizumi’s Statement on the Sixtieth Anniversary: improving or inflaming relations with China and South […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: A court hearing was held for Yu Zhendong, former head of the Kaiping city branch of the Bank of China (BOC) in Guangdong Province, who was accused of embezzlement of public funds. Yu is the first corrupt Chinese official to have been repatriated to China after fleeing the Chinese mainland. He was handed […]
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