That trade surplus with the U.S.? China is using part of it to buy oil from the Russians. After the infrastructure is built, maybe the Chinese will just step in and take it.
Feb 20th, 2009
That trade surplus with the U.S.? China is using part of it to buy oil from the Russians. After the infrastructure is built, maybe the Chinese will just step in and take it.
Feb 11th, 2009
“The numbers are terrible. The environment is awful,” said Ken Peng, an economist at Citigroup.
“The pressure on unemployment will be huge,” he added.
Feb 5th, 2009
Parts of China are experiencing their worst drought in half a century, threatening the water supply of millions of people and putting the winter harvest at risk, state media reported.
Feb 3rd, 2009
“Maintaining stable and quite fast economic development is the main task for 2009’s economic work,” said China’s security chief Zhou Yongkang according to a report in the Chinese Communist Party journal Seeking Truth.
Jan 15th, 2009
China has used its trade surplus with the US to fund its military expansion and to pay for the 10% plus growth it claims for its economy. What happens when the money dries up?
Jan 7th, 2009
Yang spoke highly of the recent speech of Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, at a December 31 workshop to mark the 30th anniversary of the mainland’s “Message to Compatriots in Taiwan”.
Hu’s speech summed up 30 years’ experience in developing cross-Straits relations in a comprehensive way, and he made a series of new proposals to develop the relationship, according to the official.
Jan 6th, 2009
The Chinese will operate al-Ahdab under a service contract initially negotiated under Saddam but renegotiated last year by the new Iraqi government which obtained more advantageous terms.
Dec 22nd, 2008
The government is expecting trouble during 2009, and China’s huge security apparatus is signalling it is prepared to crackdown on anything that disrupts social stability, our correspondent says.
Dec 18th, 2008
At least 10 million migrant workers have lost their jobs, an official in the ministry, who asked not to be identified, told Beijing-based Caijing Magazine.