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Chinese importers canceled purchases of four cargoes of U.S. corn this week, after one cargo was diverted to Vietnam last week, U.S. government data showed on

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — China Petrochemical Corp., Asia’s biggest refiner, made a “strategic breakthrough” in shale gas exploration in southwest

Chinese operational inexperience and communications difficulties on both sides contributed to a near-collision between the USS Cowpens and a Chinese warship in

China laid out a detailed three-year plan in early August to restructure its massive shipbuilding industry, urging local governments to halt approvals of new

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — China has rejected more than half a million metric tons of genetically modified U.S. corn in November and December, almost three

Given China’s abrupt, and frankly non-substantiated expansion of their air defense identification zone (ADIZ) recently, it’s easy to immediately

The U.S. Navy ship that had a confrontation with a Chinese military vessel in the South China Sea posed a threat to national security, China’s Global

The shipping recovery that is currently be discussed and propounded by analysts, shipowners, private equity investors and bankers is based upon an unstable

In the last week, the Chinese government announced a series of subsidies for the local shipping market. In general the program has as follows: Chinese

China offering up to $247 per gross ton with new "Cash for Clunkers"

China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group, the country's largest private shipbuilder, said on Wednesday it expects to report a substantial full-year loss just

Iron ore exports to China from Australia's Port Hedland, which handles about a fifth of the global seaborne market, rose 38 percent in November from the same

Canadian police have arrested a man and charged him with trying to leak classified information related to the country’s national shipbuilding strategy

The U.S. flew two unarmed B-52 bombers into a disputed air-defense zone claimed by China, the first test of China’s response amid escalating tensions in

China sent its sole aircraft carrier on a training mission into the South China Sea on Tuesday amid maritime disputes with the Philippines and other neighbors

By John Ruwitch SHANGHAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) – China on Saturday bolstered its claim to islands that Japan says it owns, warning that it would take

"Without fundamental reform to rebalance the economy toward consumption and stimulate productivity growth through deregulation, [China's] growth is likely to

BY JULIÁN PÉTER Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, all coastal countries are granted sovereign rights to a stretch of sea

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — In China’s “Shipping Valley,” where the Yangtze River empties into the sea north of Shanghai, the once-bustling

By Greg Torode HONG KONG, Nov 15 (Reuters) – While the navies of the United States and its allies rushed to the aid of the typhoon-hit Philippines, a