Updated 6:52 am PDT, Wednesday, October 24, 2018 China's Vice President Wang Qishan, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tour the Israeli Innovation Summit in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. China's Vice President Wang Qishan, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tour the Israeli Innovation Summit in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Photo: Ariel Schalit, AP China's Vice President Wang Qishan, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tour the Israeli Innovation Summit in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. China's Vice President Wang Qishan, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tour the Israeli Innovation Summit in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. Photo: Ariel Schalit, AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu avoids a toy car controlled by China's Vice President Wang … [Read more...] about China’s vice president kicks off innovation summit in Israel
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No US high-ranking officials to attend China investment fair
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Updated 6:36 am CDT, Wednesday, October 24, 2018 FILE - In this July 6, 2018, file photo, Chinese women look at phone near a rocket shaped bench with an American flag used as a marketing gimmick for a U.S. apparel shop in Beijing. The U.S. will not send a high-ranking official to attend a major investment fair in China next month, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in a move underscoring worsening trade frictions between the world's two largest economies. less FILE - In this July 6, 2018, file photo, Chinese women look at phone near a rocket shaped bench with an American flag used as a marketing gimmick for a U.S. apparel shop in Beijing. The U.S. will not send a ... more Photo: Ng Han Guan, AP Photo: Ng Han Guan, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 FILE - … [Read more...] about No US high-ranking officials to attend China investment fair
China-built Titanic II ‘to set sail in 2022’
China-built Titanic II 'to set sail in 2022' - reports BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Work on an Australian billionaire's "pet project" to build a replica of the Titanic and provide luxury round-the-world cruises appears to have resurfaced. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/chinabuilt-titanic-ii-to-set-sail-in-2022-reports-37453228.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article37453249.ece/cd842/AUTOCROP/h342/titanic_2.jpg Email Work on an Australian billionaire's "pet project" to build a replica of the Titanic and provide luxury round-the-world cruises appears to have resurfaced. Media around the world have reported the stalled 2012 project has been refloated. The plan, its reported, is for a near identical ship to be built in China as part of a $500m project. The company behind the plan, Blue Star Line, said the new ship will include all the latest safety and technical equipment to make it fit for the 21st Century seas. Originally the Titanic was … [Read more...] about China-built Titanic II ‘to set sail in 2022’
China inaugurates world’s longest sea crossing
The world’s longest sea crossing has been inaugurated (Source: AFP)The 55-kilometre crossing, which includes a snaking road bridge and underwater tunnel, opened to traffic at 9am local time on October 24th, linking Hong Kong with the southern mainland city of Zhuhai and the gambling enclave of Macau, across the waters of the Pearl River Estuary. The bridge has been under construction for the past nine years, costs about USD20 billion and includes two artificial islands. China’s Vice Premier Han Zheng said the bridge would help drive China's strategic blueprint for a "Greater Bay Area" around the Pearl River Delta, modeled on other global economic dynamos like San Francisco bay and Tokyo bay. "The bridge stimulates interaction and trade between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, facilitates the development of the Greater Bay Area and boosts the comprehensive competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta," Han said. The bridge’s opening also comes a month after the … [Read more...] about China inaugurates world’s longest sea crossing
Ford revamps China business, hires former Chery exec as CEO
Updated 1:06 am PDT, Wednesday, October 24, 2018 FILE - This Feb. 11, 2016, file photo shows the Ford logo on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh. Ford Motor Co. revamped its Asian operations and made its China business a stand-alone unit, recruiting the head of local automaker Chery Automobile to be its new CEO. The company said Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, that industry veteran Chen Anning will replace Jason Luo, who quit earlier this year, just months after taking over at Ford in China. less FILE - This Feb. 11, 2016, file photo shows the Ford logo on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh. Ford Motor Co. revamped its Asian operations and made its China business a ... more Photo: Gene J. Puskar, AP Photo: Gene J. Puskar, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 … [Read more...] about Ford revamps China business, hires former Chery exec as CEO