BERN, Switzerland, (Xinhua) — China and Switzerland on Friday concluded their talks over a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which will be the first between Beijing and continental Europe. The achievement was hailed as a “milestone” by political leaders and business community, while Swiss media described it as one...
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New concerns for China’s rising middle class
BEIJING: With two cars, foreign holidays and a cook for their apartment, one Beijing family epitomises the new middle class created by China’s decades of rapid economic growth — and its resulting worries. Li Na, 42, a caterer at the capital’s zoo, and her husband Chi Shubo, 48, who works...
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US audit regulator reaches deal with China on document access
By Dena Aubin and Sarah N. Lynch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. regulators will get access to Chinese companies’...
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Reports on “China’s rejection of urbanization plan” untrue: senior official
Media reports claiming that China’s State Council has rejected a 40-trillion yuan (about $6.5 trillion) urbanization plan are untrue,...
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China Considers Luxury Tax
Kenneth Rapoza Forbes Contributor The Chinese government might make Prada Prada shoes and Ferraris more expensive, but that’s unlikely to stop spendthrifts from buying them. Luxury products have become an important niche in the booming China consumer story. And as part of the country’s tax reform plans this year, they could get hit with...
China ‘offers troops’ to UN Mali peacekeeping mission
The UN mission will join the 6,000-strong African force already in Mali China has offered soldiers to the new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials say. Talks are underway, and more than 500 Chinese peacekeepers and engineers could potentially take part in the mission, according to UN officials. Mali’s government was deposed in...
China seals first free-trade deal with Switzerland
Bilateral trade between China and Switzerland is worth $26bn China has signed the framework of a free-trade agreement with Switzerland, which could become Beijing’s first such deal with a major Western economy. The signing ceremony took place during an official visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Switzerland. Bilateral trade between the two countries...
