Archive for the 'Asia-Pacific' Category
China launches Mekong River Basin flood control training
China launched a two-week long training course in flood control and disaster mitigation on Saturday for 17 experts from five countries downstream of the Mekong River Basin in a bid to share experience and technology to ... Read More
Vanuatu PM reaffirms one-China policy
Pacific nation Vanuatu will stick to the one-China policy and is ready to promote exchanges with the Communist Party of China (CPC), Prime Minister Edward Natapei said in the capital city of Vila Tuesday. Meeting a ... Read More
$100m in telecom loans for Bangladesh
The China Development Bank (CDB), the largest bank for international investment and financing in China, will provide $100 million loan to construct telecom network in Bangladesh. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was ... Read More
China, Kazakhstan sign new gas pipeline deal
China and Kazakhstan have signed a deal to build and finance a natural gas pipeline and deepen their cooperation on nuclear energy, extending the two countries’ ties on resources. Under the agreement signed on ... Read More
CNPC inks deal with Uzbekistan
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country’s largest oil and gas producer, has signed an agreement with the national oil company of Uzbekistan to buy 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year from the ... Read More
CNPC signs gas supply agreement with Uzbek oil company
The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent of PetroChina, announced Thursday it has signed a framework agreement with Uzbekistan oil company Uzbekneftegaz to buy 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas ... Read More
Indonesia woes China’s big investors in infrastructure
Indonesian officials have met with China’s construction and electrical firms in Shanghai, offering them to involve in billions of dollars worth of infrastructure projects aimed to solve the bottlenecking of economic ... Read More
Myanmar top leader stresses development of Sino-Myanmar friendly ties
Myanmar top leader Senior-General Than Shwe Tuesday reaffirmed his country’s commitment for continued cooperation for further strengthening and perpetuation of the existing friendship and mutually beneficial ... Read More
Myanmar issues new stamp to mark Sino-Myanmar relations anniversary
Myanmar issued 100-Kyat new stamps Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Myanmar which falls on the day. With pictures featuring the City Hall in Myanmar’s ... Read More
China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline project underway
The China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline project kicked off over the weekend in the Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar. There are 793 kilometers of gas pipeline in Myanmar, and also a 771-kilometer-long crude oil pipeline. ... Read More
Oil, gas projects energize relations with Myanmar
Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday vowed to complete key energy projects in the country on schedule, and continue to strengthen six decades of strong relations. Wen, on the first visit by a Chinese premier in 16 years, and his ... Read More
Wen says China-Myanmar ties moving forward
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Thursday that the consensus and agreements China reached with Myanmar during his visit marked a step forward in the development of relations between the two countries. Meeting ... Read More
Envoy: Chinese firms can do more in Myanmar
Chinese investors can do more in Myanmar to match their country’s economic clout, Myanmar’s top envoy in Beijing has said. “China can do more for economic cooperation and infrastructure development (in ... Read More