All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 20 2000 // As expected the U.S. Senate passed the bill granting China permanent normal trading relations (PNTR), thus clearing one of the final obstacles to the entry of the world’s most populous nation into the World Trade...
Aug 16 2000 // Chubb Corp.’s license to do business in China has finally been approved after a lengthy delay . The Chinese originally agreed to issue licenses to Chubb and John Hancock in April of 1999, but tensions between the...
Aug 10 2000 // State Farm Insurance announced the launch of an advertising campaign targeting the Chinese community in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Toronto. The new marketing campaign will include television, print and radio ads that...
Jul 6 2000 // China is considering allowing Aegon’s Transamerica unit life insurance to operate in China according to a statement made by Aegon CEO Kees Storm. According to a Reuters report, Storm said Chinese Prime Minister Zhu...
Jun 19 2000 // CGNU and the U.K. government’s CDC Capital Partners, its emerging market investment agency (formerly the Commonwealth Development Corporation), announced the creation of an investment fund of up to $100 million in...
Jun 6 2000 // CIGNA Corp. President and CEO H. Edward Hanway urged the U.S. Senate to approve the bill passed by the House giving China permanent normal trade relations status (PNTR). While approval by the Senate is widely expected, as...
May 29 2000 // On May 19, the European Union and China announced that they had reached a compromise on the terms of a trade agreement that would lead to China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO). At issue was EU demands...
May 25 2000 // The House vote on Wednesday in favor of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with China was widely praised by insurance industry leaders and the heads of companies in other sectors affected by the new trade terms, which...
May 24 2000 // The CIAB has endorsed China’s entry into the WTO without reservation, predicting that it would open “a wealth of opportunity for the financial services industry.”CIAB Board member Jesse J. Watkins in...
May 19 2000 // The European Union and China announced early this morning that they had reached agreement on the terms of a trade agreement between them which would lead to China’s entry into the World Trade Organization.The end of...
May 15 2000 // Following the failure to reach an agreement last March between the European Community and China over membership in the World Trade Organization, both sides continued to characterize the existing gaps between their...
May 15 2000 // China, PNTR and WTOÐPart IIWhat is the Chinese Market? The Western world has long had an ongoing fascination with China’s enormous population-1.2 billion and counting. Corporate leaders fantasize that, if only 10...
May 1 2000 // China, PNTR and WTOÐRealism and CautionThe current phase of American trade and foreign policy towards China, which began with the recognition of the Communist regime by the Nixon administration in 1972, will reach another...
Apr 27 2000 // The on-again, off-again negotiations between the European Community and China over the terms of a trade agreement, which could lead to China’s joining the WTO, are now set to resume beginning May 15. The European...
Apr 13 2000 // Following the latest failure to reach agreement with his Chinese counterparts, Chief EU negotiator, Pascal Lamy, returned to Brussels for consultations with EU officials. He is reportedly seeking a broader mandate for...
Feb 24 2000 // Four days of negotiations failed to achieve results in talks between European Union (EU) negotiators and their Chinese counterparts in Beijing. The talks were aimed at resolving differences concerning China’s...
Feb 16 2000 // Today Congress will view the issue of whether the U.S. should grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to China. This is the first of several possible hearings.Congressional enactment of PNTR for China will allow U.S....
Feb 8 2000 // China Pacific Insurance Co said it is restructuring by splitting its operations into life and property insurance and will then list the latter on the stock market, a spokesman at the firm’s Shanghai headquarters...
Jan 8 2000 // Zurich Financial Services announced that it has acquired a 10 percent stake in China’s fourth largest life insurance company, New China Life, for $ 39 million.Zurich is part of a group of investors which includes the...
Jan 5 2000 // According to a report from Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission has opened an official website at : www.circ.gov.cn. The site will provide the latest information about CIRC...