In the late 1990s, the academic community in China's Yunnan Province proposed economic cooperation with Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. The idea was embraced by academics from the three neighboring countries.
China on Tuesday stepped up criticism of the US as tensions between the world's largest economies continued to escalate, blaming the US for the renewed escalation that has roiled global financial markets and saying the US has underestimated China's resolve and ability to defend itself.
China on Monday struck back at US tariffs on Chinese goods, announcing duties of between 5 percent to 25 percent on more than 5,100 products from the US worth tens of billions of dollars.
China's latest countermeasures against US tariff hikes demonstrated its "rational" attitude toward the ongoing trade war as the retaliation left room for further negotiations while also easing pressure on domestic companies, experts said on Tuesday.
Facing US tariff hike threats, China has adhered to its bottom line, defended national dignity and people's interests, experts with domestic think tanks said Sunday at a symposium on China-US trade relations.
Current US administration actions on trade make it important to carry out a calm objective comparison of the economic situation of China and the US. This is particularly necessary because the US administration engages in inaccurate boasting while China tends to present its economic situation in a calm, even modest, way. But, in very serious matters, there is no virtue in exaggeration -- there is only virtue in realism.
As the 2019 Indian general election gets underway, there has been discussion about whether India has lagged further behind China over the past five years under the Modi government.
Iran said on Wednesday it would stop complying with the nuclear deal unless other powers help the country bypass renewed U.S. sanctions in the next 60 days.
China's total outstanding social financing rose 10.4 percent year on year to 209.68 trillion yuan, the latest central bank data showed.
China does not need to brace for the trade war at the pace set by the US and China could direct precision strikes at vital links in the US economy to inflict systemic damage to bring the latter back to the negotiating table, Chinese analysts said on Sunday, after the US on Friday increased an existing 10 percent tariff on $200 billion in Chinese goods and products to 25 percent.
China said on Friday that it would retaliate after the US moved to increase tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars' worth Chinese products on Friday, effectively breaking a months-long truce and seriously complicating ongoing talks.
Trump's 'backpedaling' is fueled by mounting domestic and international pressure
BEIJING, May 13 (China Economic Net) - Many Pakistani friends are concerned about the issue of Xinjiang in China. However, the recent report on Xinjiang by some Pakistani media is not fair and contrary to the facts and truth. We would like to clarify the facts of Xinjiang to our Pakistani friends, and prove that Xinjiang is safe and stable with good momentum for development.
China is progressively implementing its policy direction to open up the financial sector and provide a level playing field in terms of ownership requirements for overseas and domestic capital, with experts predicting that financial opening-up will accelerate in the next few years.
Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday slammed "someone in the US side" who makes endless attacks on China, in response to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's frequent accusations against China at different international occasions.
Kiron Skinner, director of policy planning at the U.S. Department of State, said at the Future Security Forum last week that the Donald Trump administration is dealing with a "clash of civilizations" with China.
After months of negotiations, it seemed like China and the U.S. were entering the final stage of their trade talks. However, on May 5, only three days before the planned 11th round of China-U.S. talks in Washington, President Donald Trump suddenly announced that he would hike tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent on 200 billion U.S. dollars' worth of Chinese goods.
The world has changed dramatically over the past few decades and is trending today toward greater complexity and diversity. The popular “clash of civilizations” theory proposed by Samuel P. Huntington is somewhat too simple for modern society. However, this thought is now coming back to life, and might even be unilaterally implemented into policy practice in the United States toward China. Kiron Skinner, the U.S. State Department’s policy planning head, has reignited this discussion with her recent observation that China is “not Caucasian” at a recent event. Her broader remarks made clear that the U.S. State Department taking pains to prepare for a “clash of civilizations” with China.
China called on related parties to exercise restraint, strengthen dialogue and avoid escalating tensions after Iran announced it would withdraw from some of the provisions of the Iran Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Wednesday, considered a response to the "illegal" withdrawal of the US from the agreement a year ago.
The percentage of Hollywood films contributing to China's box office has witnessed a gradual decline in recent years thanks to the rise of successful Chinese films including The Wandering Earth and Dying to Survive.