Editor's note: One of our Food Safety News Christmas traditions is to annually recognize those who have been "naughty" and those who have been "nice" – from a strictly food safety perspective, of course. This year, we've opted to ...
Tags: Food Safety, Agriculture, Food
Construction commenced on December 19 on the new sintering plant project of Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron and Steel Co., the Zhanjiang, Guangdong-based subsidiary of Chinese steel giant Baosteel, as announced by Beijing-based state-owned China ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Apple yesterday signed a deal with China Mobile which could see it offer the iPhone to over 760 million Chinese customers from January. The company already sells its phones in China through two other carriers in the country – China ...
Tags: Apple, China Mobile
Chinese rare earth miners are being forced to phase out excessive production capacity as rising overseas suppliers chip away at their dominance in the global market. Russia announced in April its plan to invest $1 billion in rare earth ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Mineral
U.S. Sens. Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown and Reps. Bob Latta and Jim Jordan sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Mike Froman urging government ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories
The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has hit the supply chain management with increasing intensity. Now OEMs have to navigate the complexity of getting the supply chain on board. CSR initiatives span the breadth of the ...
Tags: Chain, Industrial Equipment, Components
Although oil demand will continue to increase globally, it will become the fuel with the slowest consumption growth because of structural changes in the energy sector, experts said. China will surpass the United States, becoming the ...
China has decided to expand its over-the-counter (OTC) market to all qualified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to an official statement released on Saturday. The State Council, China's Cabinet, announced that the OTC ...
Tags: OTC Market, National Share
China's Bohai Commodity Exchange, a local government-backed online trading platform for spot commodities, plans to launch cross-border trading in yuan for natural rubber and iron ore. It announced the plans in Hong Kong Tuesday during a ...
Tags: Bohai Exchange, Tianjin, iron ore
The Spring Edition of the leading apparel fabrics trade fair – Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – will take place in Shanghai from 3 – 5 March 2014. Located at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, ...
China's economy is finally rebounding from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but the shaky recovery could be vulnerable to a new downturn in global trade. Growth rose to 7.9 percent in the three months ending in December, up ...
Samsung has overtaken Apple to become the largest mobile phone company in the world, providing users with the leading smart phones priced over $900 to basic phones priced under $150. However, the demand for high-end smart phones is ...
Tags: Samsung, Apple, Electrical, Electronics, mobile phone
Apple expects China to overtake the United States as its biggest market, CEO Tim Cook told a Chinese government news agency. "China is currently our second largest market. I believe it will become our first. I believe strongly that it ...
Tags: Apple, China, Biggest Market, iPhones, iPads
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo Mobile is to challenge the sale of HTC Butterfly from HTC by promoting globally its 5-inch model, the Oppo Find 5, according to industry sources. The Oppo Find 5, launched in Beijing recently, is on par ...
Tags: OPPO, HTC Butterfly, Smartphone, China-Based Vendor
China's manufacturing grew at its strongest rate in 18 months in December but new exports fell from the previous month due to weak global demand, a survey showed Monday. HSBC Corp. said its monthly purchasing managers' index rose to 51.1 ...