Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad on Friday and lodged solemn representations and protests against the U.S. side's sanctions on Chinese military agency and official pursuant to its domestic law.
China's local government debt balance stood at 17.66 trillion yuan (about 2.58 trillion U.S. dollars) by the end of August, remaining within the official limit, according to the Ministry of Finance.
September 23 marks China's first ever harvest festival, which is dedicated to farmers and their hard work. Farmers are busy planting and tending to soybean crops to reduce China's high reliance on imported soybeans.
British football star David Beckham came to China as the global ambassador of the American International Assurance China Company to share the importance of a healthy lifestyle with Chinese children on September 22.
More than 1,000 people from both China and abroad Saturday sat for the recruitment examination for 55 posts on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Committee.
Britain's major supermarket the Co-op announced Saturday that it will ban single-use plastics by 2023 in an effort to tackle plastic pollution.
Iran summoned diplomats from Denmark, the Netherlands and Britain over the attack that claimed 29 lives during a military parade on Saturday in the southwest part of the Islamic republic.
China is ready to enhance cooperation with the Caribbean Community in multilateral areas, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
An online bus-pooling service, which allows passengers share a bus with people heading to the same direction, has started the trial operations in Beijing on Saturday, September 22, 2018, reports the Beijing Morning Post.
China's COSCO Company started Saturday shipping the Egyptian pavilion for the China International Import Expo that will be held in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10.
China's Central Military Commission (CMC) on Saturday lodged solemn representations and protests against sanctions imposed by the United States.
An Egyptian court declined on Saturday an appeal for reconciliation in a corruption case submitted by ousted former President Hosni Mubarak and his two son.
Thirty five prisoners in China's Fujian Province have been granted a three-day visit during Mid-Autumn Festival so they can be reunited with family and friends, according to a report published by thepaper.cn on Saturday.
LU Xiankun
Professor LU Xiankun is Managing Director of LEDECO Geneva and Associate Partner of IDEAS Centre Geneva.
He is Emeritus Professor of China Institute for WTO Studies of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and Wuhan University (WHU) of China and visiting professor or senior research fellow of some other universities and think tanks in China and Europe. He also sits in management of some international business associations and companies, including as Senior Vice President of Shenzhen UEB Technology LTD., a leading e-commerce company of China.
Previously, Mr. LU was senior official of Chinese Ministry of Commerce and senior diplomat posted in Europe, including in Geneva as Counsellor and Head of Division of the Permanent Mission of China to the WTO and in Brussels as Commercial Secretary of the Permanent Mission of China to the EU.
Benjamin Cavender
Benjamin Cavender is a Shanghai based consultant with more than 11 years of experience helping companies understand consumer behavior and develop go to market strategies for China. He is a frequent speaker on economic and consumer trends in China and is often featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Channel News Asia.
Sara Hsu
Sara Hsu is an associate professor from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is a regular commentator on Chinese economy.
Xu Qinduo
Xu Qinduo is CRI's former chief correspondent to Washington DC, the United States. He works as the producer, host and commentator for TODAY, a flagship talk show on current affairs. Mr. Xu contributes regularly to English-language newspapers including Shenzhen Daily and Global Times as well as Chinese-language radio and TV services.
