17 h. ago Tariff impact: China health foods exports to US down 12.2% in first half 2025

Tariff impact: China health foods exports to US down 12.2% in first half 2025  NutraIngredients.com

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62 h. ago China, India and Brazil set to steer global climate change agenda at Cop30

As the West falters in its commitment to fighting climate change, analysts expect emerging economies led by China, India and Brazil to seize the initiative at next month’s UN climate summit. The Cop30 conference, from November 10 to 21 in the Brazilian city of Belem, comes as the United States under Donald Trump remains largely disengaged from climate challenges following his successive orders to withdraw the world’s largest economy from the 2015 Paris Agreement, while Europe’s attention appears...

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4 d. ago Artist Gao Zhen, detained in China since August 2024, is in deteriorating health, supporters warn

Artist Gao Zhen, detained in China since August 2024, is in deteriorating health, supporters warn  The Art Newspaper

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1 week ago Hong Kong firms urged to find alternatives amid US tariffs, software export controls

Hong Kong businesses have braced themselves for additional US tariffs, but experts urged companies to develop alternative strategies due to proposed export controls on American-made critical software, warning of a “painful” adjustment. Industry figures told the Post on Saturday that United States President Donald Trump’s threat to impose an additional 100 per cent tariff on mainland China from November 1 would not significantly impact Hong Kong businesses, which are used to uncertainties from...

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1 week ago Hong Kong firms urged to find alternatives due to US tariffs, software controls

Hong Kong businesses have braced themselves for additional US tariffs, but experts are urging companies to develop alternative strategies due to proposed export controls on American-made critical software, warning of a “painful” adjustment. Industry figures told the Post on Saturday that US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose an additional 100 per cent tariff on mainland China from November 1 would not significantly impact Hong Kong businesses, which were used to uncertainties from his...

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1 week ago China’s ‘health silk road’ in Africa gets a boost with insulin, pharma projects

China is advancing its “health silk road” in Africa by initiating major offshore projects to manufacture essential medicines, such as insulin and antiretrovirals. Nigeria is set to produce Chinese-made insulin, while in the Ivory Coast further west, Chinese giant Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical is on track to complete the first part of its three-phase €50 million (US$58 million) facility by the end of the year. The facility near Abidjan, the country’s biggest city, will manufacture antimalarial...

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2 w. ago Riding on US$1.4 billion China durian boom, Malaysia plots global expansion

Malaysia has raked in over 6 billion ringgit (US$1.4 billion) from durian exports to mainland China in just seven years, and now the government is eyeing new markets in Taiwan and Peru to keep the momentum growing. The agriculture and food security ministry said durian exports to China amounted to 115,359 tonnes or 6.37 billion ringgit between 2018 and June this year, with the figures based on the issuing of phytosanitary certificates. “The ministry, through the agriculture department, is...

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2 w. ago Indonesia races to contain fallout from radiation scare over food exports

Indonesia is racing to contain the fallout from a radioactive contamination scare after traces of caesium-137 were detected in shipments of cloves and frozen shrimp to the United States, prompting import blocks on two major exporters and urgent clean-up efforts in an industrial zone west of Jakarta. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first detected the radioactive isotope in frozen shrimp in August, followed by a second detection in cloves in late September. While both samples were below...

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2 w. ago Critical analysis of the liver cancer policies and programs in China: implications for international liver cancer control

Critical analysis of the liver cancer policies and programs in China: implications for international liver cancer control  Global Health Research and Policy

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2 w. ago Evaluating China’s Health Insurance Payment Policy Effectiveness

Evaluating China’s Health Insurance Payment Policy Effectiveness  BIOENGINEER.ORG

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3 w. ago Hong Kong to accept mainland Chinese health certificates for imported cats, dogs

Hong Kong has expanded its recognition of veterinary health certificates for cats and dogs imported from mainland China, going from solely Shenzhen to all regions across the border. Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced on Tuesday that it now accepted animal health certificates issued by official veterinarians from all customs authorities on the mainland. The city started recognising certificates issued by official veterinarians of Shenzhen Customs on June 3 in...

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3 w. ago Pier 88 Health and Theranica Announce China NMPA Approval of the Nerivio® REN wearable for Acute Treatment of Migraine

Pier 88 Health and Theranica Announce China NMPA Approval of the Nerivio® REN wearable for Acute Treatment of Migraine  Morningstar

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3 w. ago International Health Experts: China's Experience Benefits Global Health Governance

International Health Experts: China's Experience Benefits Global Health Governance  PR Newswire

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3 w. ago How TCM is expanding China’s soft power in Africa – from Tunisia to Chad

Tunisia has unveiled a new Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Clinical Skills Training Centre, just months after the country’s health minister, Mustapha Ferjani, made a visit to China. The facility, located at Mongi Slim University Hospital, just 18km (11 miles) from the capital Tunis, was opened on Friday and is a direct result of the two nations reaching a series of agreements on health cooperation during the February visit. Chinese ambassador to Tunisia, Wan Li, said the...

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