CHINA NEWS - Last Generation Network News for Sunday April 30 2017

CHINA NEWS - Last Generation Network News for Sunday  April 30 2017

Philippines goes easy on China in final ASEAN statement

News & Observer - ‎7 hours ago‎
The Philippines followed up a summit of Southeast Asian leaders by releasing a final communique Sunday that removed mention of international concerns over China's "militarization" of newly built islands in the disputed South China Sea in a major ...

China April manufacturing growth slows faster than expected

CNBC - ‎4 hours ago‎
Growth in China's manufacturing sector slowed faster than expected in April, an official survey showed on Sunday, as producer price inflation cooled and policymakers' efforts to reduce financial risks in the economy weighed on demand.

China deports US businesswoman it convicted of spying

CNNMoney - ‎5 hours ago‎
China has deported an American businesswoman whom it convicted of spying a few days earlier. Sandy Phan-Gillis spent more than two years in Chinese custody after being detained in March 2015 during a business trip with officials from Houston.

China's Appetite Pushes Fisheries to the Brink

New York Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
A world away in eastern China, Zhu Delong, 75, also shook his head as his net dredged up a disappointing array of pinkie-size shrimp and fledgling yellow croakers.

France, Japan, the UK and US Send China And North Korea A Tough Message

Forbes - ‎17 hours ago‎
France's Mistral amphibious assault carrier docked in Nagasaki, Japan on April 29 in advance of military exercises to be conducted with the U.K.

China Factory Activity Slows in April

Wall Street Journal (subscription) - ‎9 hours ago‎
BEIJING—Business activity in China slowed markedly in April following months of steady expansion, official data showed, suggesting that economic growth, propped up by government spending and other stimulus measures, may be losing steam.

China's androgynous all-girl pop band challenges ideal of femininity

WTAE Pittsburgh - ‎14 hours ago‎
Ltd. created the band, auditioning and training members from all over China, after the overwhelming success of androgynous Chinese pop idol Li Yuchun, who attracted many female fans and critics, who dubbed her "Bro Chun." In 2005, Li won "Supergirl," a ...

China's challenger to Airbus and Boeing set for skies at last

Financial Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
And they question how much value China will get from the billions of dollars it has spent on an aircraft that will be inferior to its Boeing and Airbus rivals and may not obtain the European and US certification needed to fly in most international markets.

Chinese migrants have changed the face of South Africa. Now they're leaving.

Quartz - ‎9 hours ago‎
Zhu Jianying, the owner of a home goods shop in southwest Johannesburg, plans to leave South Africa as soon as she can. Her store is making less than half of what it was two years ago when it first opened.

Pandas, Pangolins, and China's Fitful Attempts at Wildlife Conservation

The New Yorker - ‎3 hours ago‎
In late February, a three-and-a-half-year-old cub clambered into a crate marked “Contents one panda” to begin a sixteen-hour, one-way flight to China. Bao Bao was born at the National Zoo, in Washington, D.C., and this was her first trip overseas. Her ...

Volvo China Open 2017: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize Money Payouts

Bleacher Report - ‎4 hours ago‎
Alexander Levy won the Volvo China Open for the second time in a captivating play-off against Dylan Frittelli in Beijing on Sunday.

China's aircraft carrier impresses, but PLA corruption is a bigger battle

South China Morning Post - ‎9 hours ago‎
China is now the seventh country with the capability to build its own aircraft carrier, along with the US, Russia, Britain, France, Italy and Spain, after Wednesday's unveiling of the home-made Shandong.

China-built amphibious aircraft takes maiden flight: Report

Channel NewsAsia - ‎2 hours ago‎
BEIJING: China's domestically developed AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft, took its maiden flight ahead of schedule on Saturday from the southern city of Zhuhai, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

Trump wedge divides China and India

Livemint - ‎1 hour ago‎
Singapore: A third strongman has managed to do what the two before him couldn't: Sever the link between the stock markets of China and India. The correlation between the CSI 300 and the Nifty 50 indexes survived Xi Jinping's ascent to power in 2012 and ...

Canada and China, a rapidly evolving relationship: Sears

Toronto Star - ‎4 hours ago‎
On China as an innovation leader my cue was, strangely, the Shanghai Auto show. Chinese manufacturers presented 56 concept cars - all electric and many self-driving.

China Manufacturing Gauge Declines From a Nearly Five-Year High

Bloomberg - ‎10 hours ago‎
“This on one hand reflects that there is little improvement in underlying demand; on the other hand, the de-leveraging effort by the Chinese authorities, has started to work. In general, China is in the course of monetary tightening and regulation ...

China taking on Wikipedia with its own online encyclopaedia

South China Morning Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
“The Chinese Encyclopaedia is not a book, but a Great Wall of culture,” Yang Muzhi, the editor-in-chief of the project and the chairman of the Book and Periodicals Distribution Association of China, told senior scientists at a meeting at the ...

China's 'one big family' policy raises concerns

The Straits Times - ‎17 hours ago‎
From 2000, Beijing began blurring its distinction between huaqiao, or mainland Chinese living overseas, and huaren, or those of Chinese origin who were born or settled overseas, by lumping both together as one big China family. This recent blurring is ...

Anbang threatens to sue China's Caixin

Financial Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Chinese insurance group Anbang has threatened legal action against a leading investigative magazine over what it called “slanderous” allegations about financial irregularities and the marital status of its chairman, in the latest sign of the ...

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