Philippine exports rose a sixth month in April as demand for electronics goods climbed, helping sustain the nation’s economic recovery from last year’s slump. Shipments abroad increased 27.4 percent from a year earlier to $3.57 billion after rising 43.8 percent in March, the National Statistics Office said in Manila today. That compares with...
American Eagle Outfitters Inc., the teen retailer with more than 1,000 stores in North America, will open stores in China starting next year through a franchise agreement. The first three of a “series” of stores will open in early 2011 in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, in partnership with Dickson Concepts (International) Ltd., Pittsburgh-b...
BEIJING: The sixth Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum will be held in south China's Guangdong province from July 8 to 11, Yang Yi, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said Tuesday. The forum will focus on cooperation in new industries and enhancing the competitiveness of both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Topics ...
BEIJING: Dominic Bettison says China has been an important market for Western architecture firms during the economic crisis. The 41-year-old is managing director of leading international architects Wilkinson Eyre's China operations. The firm, headquartered in London, is the designer of the 440-meter high Guangzhou International Finance Center...
A recent wheat-processing project by Singaporean agribusiness group Wilmar International Limited in Henan province has stirred fears that foreign giants are threatening China’s grain and oil enterprises, a report by China Economic Weekly said. This project, which includes wheat processing plants as well as railway and warehouse construction for wh...
SHANGHAI - Chinese steelmakers are likely to cut production in the third quarter because of "weak" demand from auto and appliance makers, according to the nation's second-biggest mill. Slower demand may prompt smaller makers to default on iron ore contracts in the third quarter, Baosteel Group Corp Chairman Xu Lejiang said on Tuesday at the Bloomberg B...
BEIJING - Natural gas consumption will account for 10 percent of China's annual total primary energy consumption by 2020 from the current 3.9 percent level, PetroChina Company Limited Chairman Zhou Jiping forecast Tuesday. Chinese demand for natural gas will increase over the coming 10 years, and by 2020, China will consume 300 billion cubic meters of ...
BEIJING - The deepening debt crisis in Europe that has sparked fresh fears after reports of a potential debt crisis in Hungary, will only have limited impact on exports from China, especially if the European authorities are able to prevent the contagion, top economists said on Tuesday. The Hungarian crisis had triggered fresh woes that China's exports ...
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