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Paris (AFP) - EU members Hungary, Poland, Portugal and soon Austria are strengthening ties with China by issuing attractive "panda bonds" that help Beijing raise its profile on international financial markets. Italy might join the trend as well, despite EU c…

Moscow (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping appears Friday as guest of honour at Russia's showcase economic forum, as the two neighbours present a united front in the face of shared troubles with the US. Xi arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a three-day visi…

Many in China like to claim that their country has seen 4,000 years of continuous civilization. In truth, new evidence hints that Chinese civilization may even be older than that. For those in the West, Chinese history is either completely unknown or only va…

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will recommit the United States on a visit to Bangkok to supporting the development of Southeast Asian nations in the face of a rising China, an official said Thursday (Jun 6). Pompeo will travel to the Thai capital…

THREE WORDSFairness, Professionalism, Convenienceform a mission statement for the China International Commercial Court, which held its first public hearing in Xian on May 29th. When Chaguan attended the session, alongside foreign diplomats and representatives…

Call for Papers The Silk Road Institute for International and Comparative Law, Xian Jiaotong Unviersity, is pleased to announce a call for papers for the international conference on Multilateral Reform of Investor-State Dispute Resolution: A Dialogue between…

By Colin Packham and Will Ziebell SYDNEY (Reuters) - Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in the Solomon Islands on Sunday, the first visit by an Australian leader in more than a decade as Western nations seek to rein in China's influence in the Pacific. T…

Within the first few days of Economics 101, one can expect to learn about the global supply chain. This is the first time many begin to understand that, for example, the apples in their fruit bowl didn't magically materialize on the shelves of their local gro…

Fifty-two of the African Union’s (AU) 55 member states have signed the deal, which is expected to boost regional and international trade. It will be the largest free trade agreement by population that the world has seen since the 1995 creation of the World Tr…

MARSEILLE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Traxens, a company providing high-value data and services for the supply chain industry, announces today that its patented cargo tracking IoT system will be used on CFL multimodals connected freight wagons througho…