This week's depreciation of the Chinese currency will help both international and domestic shipping operators in the region that have been stuggling of late with growing costs and rising competition, according to the head of the Maersk Group in North Asia.
PepsiCo Inc has launched its first dairy product with JD.com Inc in China to tap into the growing consumer preference for healthy drinks. It is the first launch of a new product exclusively through e-commerce outside the U.S.
Officials in Anhui province said on Friday that the amount of its overseas investment grew nearly threefold by the end of June, to $610 million.
Ehang Technology Co Ltd, a drone startup established a year ago in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, has included four former high-profile managers from the information technology and Internet industries in its executive management team, according to the company.
At least 50 people, including firefighters, are known to have died in the explosions in China's northern port city of Tianjin on Wednesday. A further 500 people were injured in the blasts that occurred around midnight in the Binhai New Area of the port city 120 kilometers east of Beijing.
Whether the president of the Republic of Korea will attend a military parade on Sept 3 in Beijing, to commemorate the victory in the fight against Japanese aggression 70 years ago, has stirred up a heated debate between the ROK and Japan and the United States.
Highly explosive, flammable, poisonous, radioactive and corrosive chemicals and goods are likely to cause serious accidents if not properly handled, especially during their transportation.
A sincere apology from revisionist Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his speech on Friday, a day ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug 15, would help put his long controversial views on history behind him and help the region move forward.
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