Conversations on Vietnam Development
Singapore International Mediation Centre board member Ng Chai Ngee (left, seated) and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Commercial Legal Services Center director-general Li Jianning signing the MOU. (Photo: Ministry of Law)
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China and Russia have started joint naval drills in the waters near the Russia-North Korea border, local media reported.
The exercises, which began on Monday off Russia’s southeastern port of Vladivostok, are the second part of China and Russia’s ‘Joint Sea-2017’ programme that started in June. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese-Russian naval drills begin off North Korea”
Assisting Tehran with sidestepping an ongoing Washington sanctions regime against the country, China has opened a $10 billion line of credit intended to finance energy, transportation, water and other key Iranian infrastructure projects.
Following the ground-breaking 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and Russia, the US, China, France, the UK, as well as Germany and the EU, to end its nascent nuclear weapons program, Tehran — in honoring the terms of the unprecedented treaty — has nonetheless seen Washington implement a host of new sanctions against the Middle Eastern country, including asset freezes and limits on global financial transfers. Tiếp tục đọc “US Sanctions Continue to Backfire: China Opens $10 Billion Credit Line for Iran”
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| The Bắc Luân II Bridge is expected to promote China- Việt Nam economic co-operation. – VNS Photo: nhandan.com.vn |
Viet Nam News QUẢNG NINH – The opening of the Bắc Luân II Bridge is a promising China – Việt Nam economic co-operation, according to Nguyễn Đức Long, Chairman of Quảng Ninh Province People’s Committee.
Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình and Chinese ambassador to Việt Nam Hong Xiaoyong attended the bridge’s opening ceremony in Móng Cái City yesterday. Tiếp tục đọc “$15 million China – Việt Nam bridge opens to traffic”
Chủ Nhật, 10/9/2017, 12:18 (GMT+7)
Người dân Pakistan, mở tiệc iftar mừng kết thúc mùa chay Ramadan trên đường phố Lahore, trước văn phòng của tập đoàn viễn thông Trung Quốc Huawei. Ảnh: Internet
(TBKTSG) – Trương Dương (Zhang Yang) – một doanh nhân của tỉnh Trùng Khánh phía tây nam Trung Quốc – thường lên các diễn đàn trực tuyến tìm những người có máu kinh doanh và dũng cảm, có thể gạt bỏ các mối lo về an ninh để cùng với ông đi làm ăn ở Pakistan.
Ông Trương, 48 tuổi, là một trong số ngày càng đông những người Trung Quốc tiên phong đi tìm cơ hội ở nước Pakistan bên kia dãy núi Himalaya, nơi Bắc Kinh đã cam kết đầu tư 57 tỉ đô la Mỹ vào các dự án cơ sở hạ tầng như là một phần trong đại dự án “Một vành đai, một con đường” mà Chủ tịch Trung Quốc Tập Cận Bình mới công bố gần đây.
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| Long vehicles run on the new freight route connecting Việt Nam and China on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thái Thuần |
Viet Nam News LẠNG SƠN — Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình announced on Monday the opening of a freight route connecting Việt Nam and China.
The route passes through the Hữu Nghị (Friendship) International Border Gate in the northern province of Lạng Sơn. Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam-China freight route opens to traffic”
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Soft European cheese has fallen on hard times in China. Customs officials have banned a host of soft, mould-ripened cheese for containing “too much bacteria”, with authorities reportedly alarmed the mould contained colonies of bacteria that had not been officially approved.
The ban mainly affects French and Italian cheese, including brie, camembert, gorgonzola and roquefort, as well as the English delicacy stilton. Tiếp tục đọc “Whiff of discontent as China bans imports of soft European cheese”
Cambridge University Press [“CPU”] is heading for a showdown with Chinese authorities after the government reaffirmed its commitment to block certain content following an outcry last month when it was revealed the publisher has restricted articles in China. Tiếp tục đọc “Cambridge University Press headed for showdown with China over censorship”
Read: Whiff of discontent as China bans imports of soft European cheese
Europe’s solar industry has condemned an EU vote to impose another round of duties on Chinese imports, just weeks before a US trade panel is due to rule on similar tariffs.
A Brussels committee yesterday agreed to set minimum import duties for Chinese solar modules and cells that could price them up to 30% above market levels with “huge negative effects” for the industry, according to trade groups. Tiếp tục đọc “Solar industry says EU tariffs on Chinese imports will raise panel prices”
Thái Bình Thứ Bảy, 2/9/2017, 08:12 (GMT+7)
Du khách Trung Quốc trước trụ sở Quốc hội Hy Lạp. Ảnh: NYT
(TBKTSG) – Những đồng tiền đầu tư của Trung Quốc vào Hy Lạp – quốc gia Nam Âu, thành viên của Liên hiệp châu Âu (EU) mấy năm gần đây bị khủng hoảng kinh tế trầm trọng – đã bắt đầu sinh lợi nhuận, không chỉ tính bằng tiền bạc mà cả bằng ảnh hưởng chính trị ngày càng tăng của Bắc Kinh ở Hy Lạp và cả khối EU.
Trong cơn khủng hoảng kéo dài, Hy Lạp phải cầu xin sự trợ giúp của “bộ ba”, gồm EU, Ngân hàng Trung ương châu Âu (ECB) và Quỹ Tiền tệ quốc tế (IMF). Để được vay tiền cứu nguy, Hy Lạp phải thực hiện các biện pháp khắc khổ như tăng thuế, giảm trợ cấp xã hội, giảm biên chế và giảm lương công chức, tư nhân hóa tài sản quốc gia… dù phải đối mặt với làn sóng phẫn nộ của dân chúng. Giữa cảnh khốn quẫn đó, có một bàn tay chìa ra mà Hy Lạp khó mà từ chối: Trung Quốc. Tiếp tục đọc “Lựa chọn của Hy Lạp”
China on Wednesday dismissed Vietnamese condemnation of its military live-fire exercises in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was acting within its sovereign rights.
HANOI: China on Wednesday dismissed Vietnamese condemnation of its military live-fire exercises in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was acting within its sovereign rights.
China conducted the drills around the Paracel Islands, which Vietnam claims, prompting Vietnam to say it would “resolutely protect” its “legitimate rights’ through peaceful means.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular briefing that China had done nothing wrong.
“We hope the relevant side can regard the drills calmly and reasonably,” he said, without elaborating.
China claims nearly all the South China Sea, through which an estimated US$3 trillion in international trade passes each year. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan also have claims.
Tension between China and neighbouring Vietnam is at its highest in three years over the disputed waters.
Vietnam suspended oil drilling in offshore waters that are also claimed by China in July under pressure from Beijing.
China has appeared uneasy at Vietnam’s efforts to rally Southeast Asian countries over the South China Sea as well as at its growing defence relationships with the United States, Japan and India.
(Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Additional reporting by Christian Shepherd in Beijing; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Source: Reuters
Tensions have flared in recent months between the two countries over the disputed sea
Hanoi: Vietnam has delivered a sharp rebuke to China over military drills in the South China Sea, the second such warning in a week as tensions rise between the countries over the disputed waterway.
China and Vietnam have long traded barbs over the strategic and resource-rich South China Sea, which Beijing claims most of. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Slams China Over Military Drills In South China Sea”
North Korea “has ignored the international community’s widespread opposition, again carrying out a nuclear test. China’s government expresses resolute opposition and strong condemnation toward this”, the foreign ministry said in a statement on its website. Tiếp tục đọc “China ‘strongly condemns North Korean nuclear test’: Foreign ministry”
JAKARTA: China has demanded that Indonesia rescind a decision to rename its maritime area in the southwest part of South China Sea to North Natuna Sea.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry sent an official note to the Indonesian embassy in Beijing expressing its opposition to Jakarta’s Jul 14 move, when it unveiled a new official map of the national archipelago that revealed its renaming of the area. Tiếp tục đọc “China demands Indonesia rescind decision to rename part of South China Sea”
Wang Yi’s remarks came after the countries agreed Monday to pull back their troops from a disputed Himalayan plateau where China, India and Bhutan meet.
“We’re hoping that their side will learn lessons from this incident and prevent some of the things from happening again. We hope that through the efforts of both sides we will maintain healthy and stable relations,” Wang said. Tiếp tục đọc “China says it hopes India learns lesson from border standoff”
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