Belt and Road

LCQ11: Promoting development of Hong Kong *****************************************      Following is a question by the Hon Starry Lee and a written reply by the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Erick Tsang Kwok-wai, in the Legislative Council today (July 14):   Question:        Apart from supporting, as…

The Build Back Better for the World (B3W) programme is widely seen as the G7’s response to China’s strategic influence through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), supported by institutions like the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. © New Straits Times Press (M) BhdRead More

HONG KONG, July 2, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - China Risun Group Limited ("China Risun", or the "Group", stock code: 1907), a leading global integrated coke, coking chemicals and refined chemicals producer and supplier and relevant operation management service provider in China, announced the establishment of a joint venture to…

Speech by Acting CE at reception in celebration of 24th anniversary of establishment of HKSAR (with photos/video) ******************************************************************************************      Following is the translation of the speech by the Acting Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, at the reception in celebration of the 24th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special…

(china org) Kung fu megastar Donnie Yen said during a speech at a master class during the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) that when he joins an international blockbuster, it gives him the chance to let the world see the charm of Chinese actors."I usually ask the producers whether the…

SINGAPORE, June 17, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Singapore-based Commodities Intelligence Centre (CIC) has signed an investment agreement with Chongqing Liangjiang New District Management Committee. The agreement will see an investment commitment of RMB 10 million (S$2.07 million) by CIC to establish its overseas digital trade platform in China's Guoyuan…

Beijing-based natural language processing (NLP) startup Zhongke Fanyu secured an eight-figure investment in yuan for a Series A round from investors Neovision Capital and JC Capital. The company, incubated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Automation in 2018, focuses on vertical NLP applications. Zhongke Fanyu integrates machine translation…

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit that Italy is reassessing China’s investments in the country “carefully,” shifting away from the pro-Beijing policies of the previous government. During the summit, Draghi expressed concern about the Chinese Communist regime. “It’s an autocracy that does not adhere…

President Joe Biden meets with Vladimir Putin Wednesday, and he has vowed to communicate some stern messages to the Russian leader about the latter’s efforts to undermine democracy. This work began over the weekend: Biden has been at the G7 urging European leaders to join him in investing in the…

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