China

China From The Inside – Shifting Nature Episode 3 of 4

China from the Inside – the 4th and final episode of this series is scheduled for 11 am December 16. The series has provoked controversy on You Tube – Here’s a few comments “It’s call industrialization. I lost count of how many negative points in all of the series. Maybe it’s time to make some documentary of the problems in …

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Senior Chinese leader to visit NZ next week

State Councillor Liu Yandong will visit New Zealand next week as a guest of the Government – the first visit by a senior Communist Party figure since China’s November leadership transition. State Councillor Liu is a senior leader in China’s 2012-2017 hierarchy. Her portfolios include education, science, screen and television, and culture. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says he will …

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PGG Wrightson and Agria plan high-profile agriculture showcase in China’s West

PGG Wrightson and its majority shareholder Agria have signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s Administrative Authority for Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Industries Demonstration Zone. In a statement to the New York Stock Exchange the  companies said they will develop a high-profile agriculture showcase under the name, The China Yangling – New Zealand Agriculture Showcase. The Companies expect to benefit from preferential …

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Symposium on the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of New Zealand-China Diplomatic Relations

Opening Ceremony Li Xiangyang, Director General of the National Institute of International Strategy (CASS) welcomed participants and the audience to the event and opened the day’s proceedings. The first keynote speaker was Huang Haotao, Secretary General of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Prof Huang focussed on the many achievements over the past 40 years of diplomatic relations and the …

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China From The Inside – Women of the Country Episode 2 of 4

Episode 3 of 4 is scheduled for 11am Sunday December 9 You Tube comment:  “Communism was the main force worldwide that fought for women’s rights and gender equality. Still today, China is one of few countries that gives full access for women to ALL military positions, where labor rate for women is virtually the same as for men (around 90%), …

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China From The Inside: Power and the People Episode 1-4.

A PBS documentary series. Episode 2 runs on Sunday December 2 at 11am. Some of the You Tube comments are telling. This documentary has tried its best to sound unbiased, but it has failed to convince. This documentary focuses on problems, and does not do anything to show how much China has improved. Communism is theoretically a perfect form of …

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China vs US – The Battle for Oil (Part 1).

Today, China is the second largest consumer of oil, just after the United States. The Documentary investigates the new world geopolitics that is emerging around the needs of both the world’s leading superpower and the world’s fastest growing economy to secure future supplies of oil. Final Part: Sunday  December 2, 2pm.  

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FT’s correspondents on problems ahead for Xi Jinping’s China

As the world’s most populous nation unveils its new leadership, China’s political masters now face the unenviable task of addressing a slowing economy, rampant corruption, environmental pollution and deteriorating relations with some of its neighbours. The FT’s Beijing correspondents outline some of the challenges faced by China’s new generation of political leaders.

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