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Agricultural sector seeks China aid
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—Caribbean countries are looking to China to help develop their agricultural sector and are seeking to take advantage of a US$50 million fund established by Beijing. Caribbean agriculture ministers joined their counterparts from Latin America and China for two days of talks this week, and according to an official statement issued here, they have adopted a declaration in which…
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Caribbean, Chinese talk business in New York
KINGSTON, Jamaica – As Caribbean governments seek new investors, the Chinese are urging them to capitalise on a business development and investment promotion trip to China coming up this fall. The offer, which was made at the Avalon Invest Caribbean Now Forum last Wednesday in New York comes days after China's president, Xi Jinping offered concessionary loans to nine Caribbean…
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China’s new diplomatic footprints
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – CHINA’S PRESIDENT Xi Jinping last week embarked on a four-nation tour of the Caribbean and Americas involving Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States of America. The trip had more than symbolic significance. Trinidad and Tobago, with its vast oil and gas resources, is an important cooperation partner of China in the Anglophone Caribbean,…
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Govt taps $833m from Chinese
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago is already beginning to put some $833 million of the US$3 billion in concessional loans from China to use. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday this country will be able to immediately access $833 million of these funds to accelerate the development of Business/Commercial and Industrial Parks throughout Trinidad and Tobago. “We…
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Scores Die in Fire at Chinese Poultry Plant
HONG KONG — Explosions and fire tore through parts of a poultry plant in northeast China on Monday, killing at least 119 people, in one of the country’s worst factory accidents in recent years. Residents near the factory, the Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant, in Jilin Province heard blasts at about 6 a.m. Parts of the plant were engulfed in flames but…
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Chinese president pledges closer cooperation with Suriname, Barbados
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged in Port of Spain Sunday to work with Suriname and Barbados to expand his country's cooperation with the two Caribbean nations. Xi, in a state visit to Trinidad and Tobago, made the remarks during separate meetings with Surinamese President Desi Bouterse and Barbadian Prime Minister Freundel Stuart. In talks with Bouterse, Xi said Suriname…
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Govt looking at better energy deal with China
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Government will explore energy market expansion with the Chinese delegation which arrives in T&T tomorrow, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine has said. Speaking at yesterday’s post-Cabinet media briefing, Ramnarine acknowledged T&T will have to seek new markets for energy products since its main customer, the United States, projects energy self-sufficiency by 2020 and has boasted of…
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China President visits Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – China’s President Xi Jingping arrives in Trinidad on Friday for a three-day visit during which he will meet with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders. The visit follows that of the United States Vice President Joe Biden earlier this week and according to a Chinese Embassy statement it is to “further increase political trust and consolidate…
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China is Jamaica’s next big tourism market
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The discussion about increasing and sustaining economic growth in Jamaica must recognise that tourism will be the engine of economic growth in both the short and medium terms. In the context of the downturn in the world economy, the tourism sector has done well, as is evident in the steady annual increase in the number of visitor…
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After Quake, Donors Shun Aid Groups Run by China
BEIJING — The devastating earthquake that struck southwest China over the weekend has drawn a flood of donations from across the country. But in contrast to the pattern after a major quake in the same region five years ago, those eager to bolster relief efforts are looking to donate to private charity organizations, not to official groups that now have…
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