January 2008

China replaces U.S. as Chile’s biggest export destination

by Hongwei Shang January 25, 2008 News

16:41, January 23, 2008 China replaced the United States in 2007 as Chile’s biggest export destination, according to statistics released Tuesday by Chile’s customs authorities. The figures show Chile’s export volume recorded a 14.7-percent rise in 2007, totaling 65.484 billion U.S. dollars, while exports to China reached 10.172 billion dollars, accounting for 15.5 percent of [...]

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China, Peru to set up free trade agreement

by Hongwei Shang January 25, 2008 News

CCTV.com | 01-23-2008 Talks between China and Peru to set up a free trade agreement are well underway. The Andean country says it hopes to become China’s most important commercial link in Latin America. The first round of free trade talks between China and Peru has started in Lima. Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Mercedes Araoz [...]

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Chinese back on Venezuela scene

by Hongwei Shang January 18, 2008 News

4 January 2008 Upstream By XU YIHE Deal between giants CNPC and PDVSA set to be revived Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to revive a major oil deal with China in his upcoming visit to the Asian powerhouse this month. The deal will call for China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to expand operations at [...]

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Cuba, China sign agreement to boost cooperation in energy sector

by Hongwei Shang January 18, 2008 News

20 December 2007 BBC News Havana, 19 December: Cuba and China agreed to boost economic and commercial relations in the energy sector after signing a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday in Beijing. The document was signed by Cuban Minister of Government Ricardo Cabrisas and Xie Zhenhua, vice president of China’s National Commission for Development and [...]

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China, Costa Rica work on possible free trade deal

by Hongwei Shang January 18, 2008 News

China, Costa Rica work on possible free trade deal (Xinhua) Updated: 2008-01-12 15:58 Trade officials from Costa Rica and China on Friday concluded their first technical meeting on a possible free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. Reviewing the results of the meeting, Costa Rica’s Foreign Trade Minister Marco Vinicio Ruiz said the framework [...]

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Chinese Law Past and Present and Recent Legislative Developments

by Hongwei Shang January 11, 2008 Articles

In an article tiled "Past and Present and Recent Legislative Developments," Hermes Pazzaglini examined the most significant legislative innovations in the People’s Republic China within the broader context of the historical development of the Chinese legal system.  According to Pazzglini, the current PRC laws can broadly be traced to: (1) the traditional concept of law and state authority, [...]

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China-Latin America: A Win-Win Relationship

by Hongwei Shang January 4, 2008 Conferences

OECD Development Centre Events and Meetings 2008 January 22 Paris-La Défense. China-Latin America: A Win-Win Relationship Presentation by J. Santiso, Director of the OECD Development Centre, at the COFACE Country Risk Conference 2008. Chine-Amérique latine : une relation gagnant-gagnant Présentation de J. Santiso, Directeur du Centre de développement de l’OCDE dans le cadre du Coloque [...]

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Costa Rica, China to Explore for Oil

by Hongwei Shang January 4, 2008 News

The Associated Press (Dec. 07 2007) Coast Rica and China announced Friday they have agreed to jointly explore for oil and natural gas in Central American country. More more information, please visit http//www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/chinainstitute/.

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Venezuela to Export 1.0 Mln Bpd to China in 2010

by Hongwei Shang January 4, 2008 Trade

15 November 2007 Latin America News Digest Venezuela will export 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to China in 2010 and 1.0 million bpd in 2012, according to agreements recently signed by the two countries, Venezuelan oil and gas monopoly PDVSA said on November 14, 2007. Venezuela and China will create a joint [...]

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