Articles for China 2018

Farmers voice concern over possible tariffs
4 months, 1 week ago

Farmers voice concern over possible tariffs

China Daily  

From the vast, fertile fields of Iowa and Illinois and several other farming states, US farmers used 30 million hectares of farmland to generate more than 48 million metric tons of soybean exports last year, worth $27.8 billion worldwide, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA. In the run-up to the 2024 US general election, the $124 …

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Light at the edge of darkness
1 year, 6 months ago

Light at the edge of darkness

China Daily  

Zhang Lian in front of his little house in his native hamlet, where he lived between 1993 and 2005. Fully aware of the pitfalls of her task, during what she called "the most intense period" of the three years between 2018 and 2021 that she spent translating Zhang's poems, Liu was engaged in frequent WeChat exchanges with the poet on …

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China to overtake US as world's biggest insurance market
5 years, 6 months ago

China to overtake US as world's biggest insurance market

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China is expected to surpass the United States to become the world's largest insurance market in the mid-2030s, according to a report from Swiss Re Institute. China consolidated its position as the second largest insurance market globally in 2018, with total premiums reaching $575 billion. China's share of the global premiums went from zero in 1980 to 11 …

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China to overtake US as world's biggest insurance market
5 years, 6 months ago

China to overtake US as world's biggest insurance market

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China is expected to surpass the United States to become the world's largest insurance market in the mid-2030s, according to a report from Swiss Re Institute. China consolidated its position as the second largest insurance market globally in 2018, with total premiums reaching $575 billion. China's share of the global premiums went from zero in 1980 to 11 …

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Best Chinese cities for expats in 2018 revealed
5 years, 9 months ago

Best Chinese cities for expats in 2018 revealed

China Daily  

A view of Shanghai. The annual survey Amazing China -- the Most Attractive Chinese Cities for Expats 2018 unveiled its results at the Shenzhen forum of the Conference on International Exchange of Professionals on April 14 in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province. Shanghai, China's financial hub, prevailed as expats' favorite city to work and live in for the seventh year …

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Large-scale shipment of Tesla's Model 3 cars arrives at Tianjin Port
5 years, 10 months ago

Large-scale shipment of Tesla's Model 3 cars arrives at Tianjin Port

China Daily  

A Tesla Model 3 car is displayed during a media preview at the Auto China 2018 motor show in Beijing, April 25, 2018. TIANJIN - A big batch of Tesla's long-range Model 3 sedans have arrived at North China's Tianjin Port after 84 such cars were imported via the port in February. A total of 1,171 Model 3 sedans, in …

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JLR car sales dip 4.6% in 2018 on China woes
6 years ago

JLR car sales dip 4.6% in 2018 on China woes

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Tata Motors Ltd’s UK subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover Plc on Thursday reported a 4.6% fall in global car sales to 5,92,708 units in 2018 hit by tough market conditions in China. Jaguar sales in 2018 stood at 180,833 units, a growth of 1.2% over 2017 sales while Land Rover’s declined 6.9% in 2018 to 4,11,875 units. The data …

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Hope, anxiety loom in 2019, as world on edge
6 years ago

Hope, anxiety loom in 2019, as world on edge

Deccan Chronicle  

The psychological feeling of a fresh start when the calendar turns a page and the human urge for better tidings in the New Year are undeniable. The Japanese financial firm Nomura reckons that the world grew at 3.9 per cent in 2018 and can churn out only 3.7 per cent this year. The London-based consultancy IHS Markit sounds a sharper …

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Russia kicks off massive war games, hosts Putin-Xi meeting
6 years, 4 months ago

Russia kicks off massive war games, hosts Putin-Xi meeting

CNN  

CNN — Russia kicked off what it says are its largest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday, as it hosted a bilateral meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. They’ll be joined by thousands of troops from China and Mongolia, which the Chinese Defense Ministry …

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