The incident that a Taiwanese fisherman was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has been heating up. Maj. Gen. Jin Yi’nan, director of the Institute for Strategic Studies under the National Defense University (NDU) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), recently expressed that China must adopt an unyielding attitude to hold the Philippine side responsible for the incident and safeguard rights and interests of all the Chinese [...]

Cambodian Red Cross President Bun Rany, wife of Prime Minister Hun Sen, on Monday expressed her gratitude to the Chinese government and the Red Cross Society of China for actively assisting Cambodia in humanitarian activities. Speaking at a meeting with outgoing Ambassador of China to Cambodia Pan Guangxue, Bun Rany said China is not only leading in helping Cambodia in the building of roads, bridges, irrigation system and electricity production, [...]

Tensions over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard are still going on. Looking through the history of the Philippines confronting China on maritime disputes, we find that the Phillipines has always held an unscrupulous and reckless attitude. For example, the naval face-off at Huangyan Island last year was triggered by Philippine navy which had attempted to capture Chinese fishermen. Besides, Philippine President Benigno Aquino [...]

Dapper and bespectacled, Xu Dejun says he is stressed after taking the helm as chief executive officer of the Indian arm of ZTE Group, one of China’s biggest makers of telecommunications equipment. “As a new CEO, people will notice if you don’t do well in six months, start asking questions after nine months and throw you out after a year,” he told China Daily in New Delhi, before rushing to [...]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang started his visit to India yesterday. As China’s new premier, his selection of India for his first overseas trip has widely been interpreted as a sign that China is attaching greater importance and respect to this large neighbor. The relationship between China and India has long been plagued by negative news. This has caused public opinion about the relationship to become more negative than the reality [...]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang flew to India Sunday for a three-day visit as the first stop of his maiden foreign trip, which is expected to include “financial diplomacy” to further boost bilateral trade. Upon his arrival in New Delhi on Sunday, Li plans to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and will be the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by the Indian leader at his residence. [...]

Mutual investment and cooperation set to continue as trade volume expands The emerging Indian market will continue to attract project-contracting businesses from China as experts call for more mutual investments and cooperation between large companies to tap the huge markets in both countries. “China’s project contracting business in India will maintain fast growth because the market is huge and the long-term prospects are very bright,” said Hu Shisheng, director of [...]

Only weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping had a much-publicized meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Durban on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is heading for New Delhi on Sunday on the first leg of his maiden tour abroad. Such a short time interval in top-level contacts between the two Asian giants gives the impression the Chinese dragon and the Indian elephant are [...]

The State Grid Corp of China (SGCC), the world’s largest State utility, has agreed to buy large stakes in Australian power companies from Singapore’s Temasek in a deal worth over A$5 billion ($4.93 billion), as it searches overseas for higher-yielding assets. State Grid will buy 19.9 percent of electricity supplier SP Ausnet for A$824 million, and 60 percent of energy infrastructure company SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd (SPIAA) for an [...]

The fatal shooting of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard last week continues to fuel tensions between Taipei and Manila. Manila must be aware that it will only face more condemnation and countermeasures if it intends to use delaying tactics to handle the incident. That it has taken Manila four days to agree to apologize for the killing shows its insincerity as well as its indifference to human [...]