Chinese President Xi Jinping's four-state visit in South America will help strengthen ties and improve economic relations - particularly in commodities and energy - between the world's No 2 economy and the resource-rich region, say observers.
It's unusual for pundits at the world's top think tank to come to a unanimous agreement. But panelists who convened at a recent Brookings Institute seminar all believe that the BRICS countries now meeting in Brazil for their sixth summit want a more diversified world where they can have a stronger voice and one that is not dominated by the United State and the West.
Like sunflowers always chasing the sun, Chinese banks are entering the United States to meet financial needs of their customers, many of them are Chinese enterprises with ambitious globalization operations and plans.
The Chinese community in the United States are demanding Fox News fire host Bob Beckel and are asking for an apology after Beckel's discriminatory comment about Chinese people aired on July 4.
To boost US tourism to one of China's most scenic areas, Anhui province, a Chinese tourist official was in Los Angeles on Monday to promote the area. Anhui, with a population of over 59 million, is an inland province in southeast China and stretches over the Yangtze and Huai rivers.
While Chinese mobile car-sharing apps were fighting for customers by giving high cash rebates to taxi drivers, US-based car-sharing mobile app Uber avoided the competition by focusing on the high-end market in China.
It has been more than four centuries since Wu Cheng'en, a poet and novelist from the Ming Dynasty, wrote Journey to the West.
China won support from the World Trade Organization (WTO) in challenging United States' trade measures against Chinese products, while experts warned about underlying trade frictions between the world's two biggest economies.
Leaders from China and India held their maiden meeting Monday following the Indian government's recent post-election reshuffle, with President Xi Jinping calling on the two giant Asian countries to be partners rather than competitors.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Fortaleza, Brazil on Monday to attend the sixth BRICS summit and then start a four-state South America visit in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba. The visit is Xi's second to Latin America since taking office as head of state last year. On Monday, Xi held bilateral meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Jacob Zuma and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Xi will attend the BRICS summit on Tuesday and Wednesday.
It has been more than four centuries since Wu Cheng'en, a poet and novelist from the Ming Dynasty, wrote Journey to the West.
Like sunflowers always chasing the sun, Chinese banks are entering the United States to meet financial needs of their customers, many of them are Chinese enterprises with ambitious globalization operations and plans.
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