by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 16, 2024 | China, Laos, News, Travel
The China-Laos Railway handled 700,000 passenger trips in 2023, boosting tourism development, China State Railway Group reports. About 180,000 of the trips were made by passengers crossed the border on the railway, which marked the first anniversary of the...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 10, 2024 | China, News, Technology, Vietnam
The Vietnamese government has decided to prioritize the construction of two high-speed railroad lines in the north before 2030, including one connecting with China. They are the Hanoi – Lang Son line, which will extend to the Chinese border, and a line...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 1, 2024 | China, News, Research, Technology
China has launched a Long March 6A carrier rocket to send a multirole satellite into orbit, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. In a news release, the State-owned space contractor said that the rocket blasted off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 22, 2024 | China, Business, Finland, Lifestyle, Technology
Online shopping in Finland shrank in 2023 for the second year in a row. However, buying from Chinese online stores is gaining popularity in the country, the Finnish Commerce Federation reports. “The rise of Shein and Temu can be seen in the growth of digital...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 18, 2024 | China, Economy, News, Singapore
Singapore’s key exports had a better-than-expected performance in January. Non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) rose 16.8%, led by a jump in shipments of specialized machinery to make semiconductors, and non-monetary gold, data from Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) on...
