[photopress:Logistics_Tijin_free_zone.jpg,full,alignright]China’s first African logistics terminal, which is seen as an important development in Sino-Africa trade relations, has opened in Tianjin, seen here, north China’s biggest port city. The Tianjin Port GMT Africa International Logistics Terminal, located in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone, covers an area of 60,000 square meters including a 5,500-square-meter warehouse. The […]
Category: Economics & Trade
[photopress:mba_washington_state.jpg,full,alignright]Business School Dean Yash Gupta has said recent revisions to the master’s of business administration curriculum at the University of Washington (which is in Seattle and has been since 1861 as in our illustration so the Washington refers to state rather than DC. This problem probably drives the citizens of Washington State into an insensate […]
[photopress:air_jhaneda_airport.jpg,full,alignright]Newly inaugurated air services between Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (shown here) and Shanghai’s Hongqiao Airport are the second international air route from Haneda Airport, which generally has been dedicated to domestic routes. The new service provides four round-trip flights a day, operated by Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines. Narita is […]
[photopress:hotels_designated_for_officials.jpg,full,alignright]More than 2,600 hotels across the country have been designated as the venues for Party and central government officials to stay during their official business trips and conferences. A meeting co-sponsored by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Finance on Friday said Party officials and officials […]
[photopress:property_peasant_land_disappearing.jpg,full,alignright]According to the Ministry of Land and Resources almost a quarter of new land acquisitions in Chinese cities are illegal. A survey using remote sensing satellite technology showed 22% of new acquisitions in 90 medium-sized and large cities were illegal. The data collected from October 2005 to October 2006 also showed more than 80% of […]