I met Victor Cortese in the power distribution room of a construction site in Panama. A Venezuelan, he has worked there as an electrical engineer for more than a year.
We visited the new Panama convention center that is under construction on a hot and humid October morning. China Construction America, a subsidiary of China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. (CSCEC), is one of the two contracting companies for the project; the other is a local one.
Financial cooperation between China and Japan has seen unprecedented changes recently, which is a positive sign amid the current global trend toward unilateralism. It also raises the question about whether the bilateral financial cooperation is being forged by two sides coming to each other's aid in a time of crisis despite old grievances and enmities, or if it is a result of long-term planning and foresight.
The US' decision to impose export restrictions on a Chinese chipmaker has slammed by Chinese government on Tuesday, and Chinese experts said that the decision ignores basic rules and principles where international cooperation is involved.
Victoria became the first Australian state to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China's economic planning authority on the Belt and Road initiative following a signing ceremony in Victoria's capital city Melbourne, the Chinese Embassy in Australia said Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to Tokyo on October 27 after a three-day official visit to China. Abe's trip to Beijing is the first by a Japanese prime minister since 2011 when Yoshihiko Noda paid an official visit to the country.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pay an official visit to China from October 25 to 27, seven years after the Yoshihiko Noda's visit in 2011 and also the Japanese Prime Minister's official visit to China after seven years. According to previous reports, the topics under discussion between the two sides in this visit will be very broad. However, the author believes that the international cooperation between the “Belt and Road” and the third-party market is still worth paying close attention to.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is paying an official visit to China and is likely to express a positive attitude on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Since Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai came to China to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation as Japan's representative last May, Japan has been positive on the BRI.
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday to start his three-day official visit to China, which is the first official trip to China by a Japanese prime minister in seven years. The last visit was by former Democratic Party Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko in December 2011.
The latest world investment report by UNCTAD shows that total world foreign direct investment (FDI) fell drastically to $470 billion during the first half of 2018, 41% down from its total of $794 billion one year ago.
China and the Middle East will embrace new opportunities to broaden economic and high-tech cooperation, Chinese commentators predicted after Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan started his four-country tour of the Middle East on Monday.
When it comes to foreign policy, US President Donald Trump makes himself look like Ronald Reagan, the president who helped the US win the Cold War. Many decision-makers in the White House also believe in the Reagan Doctrine. However, Trump recently announced that the US will pull out of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty - the most important legacy of the Reagan administration. The treaty was signed when then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited the US in December 1987.
I recently visited the Dominican Republic as part of a Chinese media delegation. In the Caribbean island country nearly 14,000 kilometers from China, the enthusiasm of locals to develop relations with China was palpable.
Chinese, European and African history long ago traced the characteristics of a new type of international relations, experts said during the fifth annual conference of the Taihu World Cultural Forum in Beijing.
The US has started the process of withdrawing from a 144-year-old international postal body, a move that experts said is the latest example of short-sighted and narrow-minded unilateralism by the US, and a typical case of bullying to override the interests of the international community.
China and India are working together on a program to train Afghani diplomats, a move Chinese experts said on Tuesday that could have the corollary effect of enhancing diplomatic ties and mutual trust between the world's most populous nations.
On October 13, Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in flew to the French capital Paris for a nine-day trip to Europe, which includes visits to France, Italy, the Vatican, Belgium, and Denmark.
Last Wednesday, the Trump administration set a new regulation where investors in 27 industries would face tougher scrutiny as an inter-agency panel led by the US Treasury Department, which begins tightening foreign investment rules as part of a pilot program.
As victims of US unilateralism, both China and the EU must continue to expand areas of cooperation, Chinese experts said, reiterating a message delivered by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday during his visit to Europe to consolidate mutually beneficial trade ties.
OXXO, a chain of convenience stores, can be seen everywhere on the streets of Mexico City. Mini-vans, with OXXO logos on them, shuttling on the streets and delivering goods, have become an eye-catching sight in the city. It won't take long for people to see Chinese automaker BYD Auto's electric cars join the fleet.
Recent allegations raised by a lengthy Bloomberg article on October 4 claimed that intricate spyware had been placed on equipment utilized by Apple and Amazon by PLA hackers and had been distributed by them to 30 different U.S. companies, including the U.S. Government thus jeopardizing their cybersecurity. The story was said to be based on “extensive interviews with government and corporate sources”, although no names were mentioned.