21 h. ago China, Canada should jointly promote steady, sound, sustainable bilateral economic and trade ties: Chinese vice premier

China, Canada should jointly promote steady, sound, sustainable bilateral economic and trade ties: Chinese vice premier  English.gov.cn

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37 h. ago Canada to remove 100% tariffs on Chinese EV imports: prime minister

Canada will remove the additional 100 per cent in tariffs it had imposed on Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday during a state visit in Beijing. In place of the higher duties, Carney said, Canada will cap import volume and retain a standard tariff rate of 6.1 per cent to shipments within the 49,000-unit limit. Canada’s additional tariffs, covering all EVs made in China, took effect in October 2024, following a similar move from the United States. “In...

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47 h. ago Carney set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday morning in Beijing

Carney set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday morning in Beijing  Toronto Star

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5 d. ago Europe’s real threat is its own inner ‘demon’, not Russia: former Chinese envoy

Europe made a “misjudgment” in categorising Russia as its top security threat and instead the continent’s real danger lay in Europeans’ inner “demon”, according to China’s longest-serving ambassador to the US. Cui Tiankai, a former Chinese foreign vice-minister, also claimed Nato had outlived its relevance and argued that the transatlantic security alliance no longer served the long-term interests of its members. Cui’s comments came during a discussion examining US relations with its allies...

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6 d. ago China urges Tanzania to back multilateralism, vows to ‘always stand together’ with Africa

China pledged to deepen cooperation and exchanges with Tanzania on Friday as its top diplomat toured the region, promising that Beijing would “always stand together” with Africa. Wang Yi also called on Tanzania to work with China to uphold international law and multilateralism, in what one observer said would be the Chinese foreign minister’s key message to Africa amid Washington’s apparent retreat from the rules-based international system. Wang will wrap up his six-day tour of the continent on...

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8 d. ago Disney CEO meets top Chinese official as it navigates US‑China tensions

Disney CEO meets top Chinese official as it navigates US‑China tensions  Reuters

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8 d. ago Hong Kong cybercrime law should treat security threats as ‘aggravating factors’

Hong Kong’s Law Reform Commission has called for acts endangering national security to be treated as aggravating factors under sweeping proposed legislation that aims to clamp down on cybercrime. Senior counsel Derek Chan Ching-lung, chairman of the commission’s cybercrime subcommittee, said on Friday that while the Beijing-imposed national security law of 2020 was sufficient to address cyber threats, the government was better placed to evaluate whether further reforms were needed. The report...

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8 d. ago Disney CEO meets top Chinese official as 'House of Mouse' navigates US‑China tensions

Disney CEO meets top Chinese official as 'House of Mouse' navigates US‑China tensions  Reuters

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8 d. ago Disney CEO Iger met Chinese Vice Premier Xuexiang in Beijing on Friday

Disney CEO Iger met Chinese Vice Premier Xuexiang in Beijing on Friday- Xinhua  Investing.com

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8 d. ago China's vice premier met Disney CEO in Beijing, Xinhua reports

China's vice premier met Disney CEO in Beijing, Xinhua reports  MarketScreener

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1 week ago Chinese vice premier: China, ROK should strengthen economic ties, forge prospects for win

Chinese vice premier: China, ROK should strengthen economic ties, forge prospects for win-win cooperation  news.cgtn.com

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1 week ago China, ROK should strengthen economic ties, forge prospects for win

China, ROK should strengthen economic ties, forge prospects for win-win cooperation: Chinese vice-premier  China Daily

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2 w. ago Cosco executive Zhang Yong appointed deputy in Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong

Beijing has appointed Zhang Yong, a senior staff member from a state-owned shipping and logistics services group, to serve as a deputy director in the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced on Wednesday. Zhang, executive vice-president of Chinese shipping conglomerate Cosco Shipping Group and also its news spokesman, will replace Qi Bin, who was appointed last November, according to the ministry’s announcement. The liaison...

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3 w. ago China launches venture capital fund to lead the charge on tech investment

China has launched a national fund designed to channel state-backed money into early-stage bets on tech, a move officials said could ultimately steer trillions of yuan into preferred avenues of investment. Beijing’s National Venture Capital Guidance Fund was unveiled on Friday, at a ceremony which also introduced three investment vehicles covering major cross-regional agglomerations: the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cluster, the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. At...

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4 w. ago US defence policy act overstates ‘China threat’, Beijing says, urges ‘rational’ view

Beijing on Friday accused Washington of using its new US defence policy act to hype up the so-called China threat and interfere in its internal affairs. It also urged Washington to view their relationship “rationally” and refrain from enforcing negative China-related provisions. The latest National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), signed into law by President Donald Trump on Thursday, restricts US outbound investment in Chinese technology and curbs federal contracts with Chinese biotechnology...

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last month Chinese University of Hong Kong appoints veteran administrator as vice

A leading university in Hong Kong has appointed a veteran academic administrator to be its vice-president in administration – the third person in the role in as many years – after his predecessor resigned less than 12 months into the job. Albert Chow Hing-pong’s tenure at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will begin in the first half of 2026 for a term of three years, according to a statement issued by the institution on Thursday. “I look forward to leveraging my experience in public...

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