Chinese Lesson

Cai Wu, honorary chairman of the mainland-based China Friendship Association of Cultural Circles, said on Sunday that he and his colleagues would work to promote cross-Strait cultural exchanges and cooperation “in a comprehensive manner” with Taiwan. “We are willing to build a cross-Strait cultural exchange platforms with a more open and pragmatic attitude,” Cai remarked [...]

China’s outbound direct investment (ODI) rose 1.1 percent year on year to 56.53 billion U.S. dollars in 2009, according to a government report issued Sunday. Non-financial ODI, which accounts for 84.5 percent of the total, stood at 47.8 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 14.2 percent from one year earlier, while the country’s overseas investment [...]

Peruvian President Alan Garcia Thursday urged to keep the country’s economy stable in order to attract more investments and fight against poverty and unemployment. “My request is for the journalists, the analysts, the politicians, the candidates, to contribute to the fiscal and economic order, which is crucial to encouraging private sector investments that help create [...]