All posts tagged "China"

  • Downtown Beijing (Courtesy of Trey Ratcliff via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    S. Korea, China open joint tech research center in Beijing

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — South Korea and China opened a joint research and development center in Beijing Tuesday to forge closer cooperation in industrial and information technology. The new center is aimed at helping private companies from the...

    • Posted April 21, 2015
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  • The Korean peninsula's soon-to-be tallest tower, the Lotte World Tower (Courtesy of Seoul Korea via Flickr/Creative Commons)
    [NYT] S. Korea enters the race to build skyscrapers

      When it comes to the skyscrapers of East Asia, no country can match the vertiginous zeal of China. After the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, China’s Shanghai Tower is the world’s second-tallest building, and...

    • Posted April 16, 2015
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  • Protesters struggle with police officers as they march toward the Defense Ministry during a rally against the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. Protesters opposed a possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korea Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Chinese media warns against US missile-defense system in Korea

    BEIJING, April 10 (Yonhap) — A Chinese state-run newspaper warned Friday that bilateral ties between Seoul and Beijing would be “shattered” if an advanced U.S. missile-defense system is deployed in South Korea. The Global Times made the...

    • Posted April 10, 2015
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    Chinese firms propose non-tariff trade of cheap goods with N. Korea

    SHENYANG, China, March 30 (Yonhap) — Chinese firms have proposed establishing a non-tariff trade market with North Korea where cheap goods can be traded without tariffs between the two nations, according to the Chinese border city of...

    • Posted March 30, 2015
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  • Hydrogen tram
    China creates first hydrogen-powered tram, only emission is water

    China’s dense urban areas have often been criticized for pollution and general disregard for the environment, but thanks to the invention of the world’s first hydrogen-powered tram, the country is taking a step towards changing that perception....

    • Posted March 25, 2015
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  • Bundles of 10,000-yen banknotes are stacked in front of an electronic billboard showing real-time currency exchange rates at a Korea Exchange Bank branch in Seoul. (Yonhap)
    [WSJ] Decision to join China-led bank tests South Korea’s ties to US

    – A decision over whether to join China’s new development bank is a fresh test of South Korea’s ability to balance warming economic ties with Beijing and its security alliance with the U.S. While analysts widely...

    • Posted March 24, 2015
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  • MBC's "infinite Challenge" members and PD Kim Tae-ho at a press conference for the show's 400th episode. (Yonhap)
    Chinese version of ‘Infinite Challenge’ coming October

    China is set to release its own version of “Infinite Challenge,” South Korea’s de facto flagship variety program, Yonhap reported. MBC and China’s CCTV will hold a conference Wednesday in Shanghai, in which they will announce the...

    • Posted March 17, 2015
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