China's moves to further ease foreign investment policies will open doors in some monopoly sectors this year while prohibiting local governments from curbing foreign companies, experts said.
Brazil saw a record high 6.6 million foreign tourists in 2016, up 4.8 percent compared to 2015, which is largely due to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to the Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday.
It's still hard to tell whether Donald Trump's future policies as president will affect the number of foreign students in the United States, but some experts believe that there will not be a big shift.
Premier Li Keqiang said China will create a better investment and operation environment for foreign businesses.
India will expel a Pakistani visa official for "espionage activities", the foreign ministry said on Thursday (Oct 27), with tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours already running high.
The Philippine foreign secretary said on Saturday that the "little brown brother image" has thwarted the Philippines' growth and development, adding that separation from the United States is demanded in pursuing an independent foreign policy.
Nation focuses on attracting more top foreign talent A pilot program meant to replace two previous permits foreigners are required to get to work in China with one shows the country welcomes foreign talent, said analysts.
The Chinese government on Thursday conferred its Friendship Award on 50 foreign experts from 18 countries working in China, in recognition of their contribution to China's development.
Without the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, U.S. food quality certification firm Anchor Center for Certification (ACC) would have struggled to enter the Chinese market.
Move aims to "encourage the top, control the middle and limit the bottom" categories
Beijing has offered yet another olive branch to overseas institutions by relaxing rules governing the renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) scheme, effectively giving foreign investors greater flexibility and freedom in buying mainland Chinese A shares.
Less than 15 percent of Australia' s farmland is foreign owned, with Britain owning more than half of all foreign-owned land, a federal government release had detailed.
Maritime issues were not discussed during the trilateral foreign ministers' meeting between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, held in Tokyo on Wednesday, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Thursday.
Today marks the one year anniversary of China’s exchange rate reform started from August 11, 2015, when the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) decided to launch reform on the central parity price mechanism of RMB, the Chinese currency. Over the past year, RMB has experienced three sharp fluctuations.
China’s four free trade zones (FTZ) in Shanghai, Guangdong Province, Tianjin and Fujian Province have scored new achievements. Experience from these FTZ pilots is expected to be replicated and promoted in one to two months.
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Scores were feared killed and injured after a powerful truck bombing and ensuing gunfire rocked a foreign guesthouse in eastern Kabul in the early hours on Monday, sources and witnesses said.
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