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China, Costa Rica conclude FTA talks

China and Costa Rica concluded their year-long negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Wednesday. During the sixth and last round talks, the two sides discussed issues ranging from market ac... Read More

China, Costa Rica likely to sign free trade agreement

China and Costa Rica were likely to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at an early date after going through some domestic procedures, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday. The two sid... Read More

China, Colombia celebrate 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties

A reception was held in Beijing Tuesday evening to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Colombia. “China and Colombia have witnessed a compreh... Read More

China to deepen mutually beneficial cooperative ties with Costa Rica: FM spokesman

China will deepen mutually beneficial cooperative ties with Costa Rica and promote the development of bilateral ties in an all-round manner, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here Tuesday. China has t... Read More

Costa Rican presidential candidates stress ties with China

The Costa Rican main presidential candidates stressed on Sunday the benefits that their country has got after establishing diplomatic ties with China in 2007. The three main candidates promised, as pa... Read More

China “going out” investment strategy fruitful

China, on top of its persistent “bringing in” investment approach, has now also taken the “going out” strategy amid the global financial crisis and has made noticeable achievem... Read More

Reworking Chinese culture for an international age

The Confucius Institute was founded in 2004, in an attempt to mirror the success of cultural bodies such as the Goethe and Cervantes Institutes for Germany and Spain, or the British Council for the UK... Read More

China surpasses U.S. as biggest buyer of Brazilian products

China overtook the United States as the biggest buyer of Brazilian products in 2009, the Brazilian industry and trade ministry said on Monday. China imported products valued at 19.9 billion U.S. dolla... Read More

Minmetals may benefit from Chile mining deal

Subsidiary to join hands with Shunde Rixin for iron ore imports China Minmetals Corporation, the country’s largest metals trader, said yesterday it plans to cooperate with a Guangdong-based priv... Read More

Chinese company acquires Canadian copper mine in Ecuador for 4.4 bln RMB

The competitive pattern of China’s domestic copper smelting industry is quietly changing. China’s largest and third largest copper producers Jiangxi Copper Corporation and Yunnan Copper Co... Read More

China Minmetals, Shunde Rixin to explore Chilean mine

China Minmetals, China’s largest diversified metals-trading company, said Tuesday it will cooperate with Shunde Rixin Development Company to develop an iron-ore mine in Chile. Gao Peijun, a medi... Read More

Chinese private firm buys Chile iron mine

Guangdong Province-based Rixin Development, a privately-owned company, has reached an agreement to buy a majority ownership in a foreign iron ore mine, the local media reported. Rixin Development inke... Read More

China, Venezuela sign oil development pacts

China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC), the country’s largest offshore oil producer, has signed an agreement to develop oil and gas resources in Venezuela, the latest step in its overseas expa... Read More

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