All the headlines from our China Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...