Tag Archive for Israel China

| March 14, 2016
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Chinese general louds cooperation with Israel, says bond is ancient

 

General Zhao Keshi met IDF logistics delegation in China, saying cooperation with the IDF would be further expanded and that this would elevate relations between the two armies to a new high.

By Gil Ronen

 

General Zhao Keshi, member of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC) and director of the Logistics Support Department under the CMC, met with a logistics delegation of the Israel Defense Forces in Beijing last week.

Shanghai - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Shanghai – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Zhao Keshi welcomed the delegation Tuesday and said that the friendly exchange between the Chinese people and the Jewish people goes back to ancient times, an assertion that has little mention in credible historical sources.

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| January 11, 2016
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Demand in China for Israeli partnership gains momentum at Beijing conference

 

90 Israeli companies participated at the economic conference in China to “reveal more information & data about Israel,” to further expand the economic cooperation between China and the Jewish State.

By Shoshana Miskin

 

China and Israel continue in their partnership as technological superpowers.

Last week, Israel sent a delegation to the two-day investors’ summit in Beijing, which was called “unprecedented’ by the Ministry of Economy and Industry. At the event, 150 corporate leaders from 90 Israeli companies met with investors from all over China.

Israelis in China – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The conference was held with the participation of Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz, Ministry of Economy and Industry director general Amit Lang, and Ministry of Economy and Industry Division for Foreign Investment and Industrial Cooperation director Ziva Eger. Continue Reading »

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| November 5, 2015
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An Intimate Interview with Benjamin Peng: A Chinese Zionist Businessman

 

A chance meeting in China 6 years ago with Israelis made businessman Benjamin Peng change his attitude toward Israel & tied his fate to it, as he went on to found Yafo Capital, which connects Chinese investors with Israeli start-ups.

By Yael Weltzer

 

Over 100 Chinese business-people arrived in Israel to take part in the Go4Israel conference, whose goal was to encourage investments and cooperation between Israeli investors and those from emerging markets. The conference, organized by the Cukierman Investment House and the private equity fund Catalyst, was attended, among others, by a dynamic young businessman named Benjamin Peng. Continue Reading »

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| October 21, 2015
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China: Israel’s Land of Opportunity for Exports

 

With China retaining one of the fastest GNP growth rates in the world & its middle class significantly growing every year, the country remains one of the world’s most important emerging markets and has massive economic potential for Israel’s exports.

By Moshe Glantz, Alexandra Lokash

 

In spite of numerous events in China during the last year – an economic downturn, economic reform and a national campaign against corruption – the country retains one of the fastest GNP growth rates in the world. The middle class in China has significant spending power, which continues to grow and draw attention from Israel. Continue Reading »

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| October 9, 2015
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Israeli lawyers expedite new China trade protocol worth billions

 

In newly agreed business protocol between the Jewish State and China, Israeli lawyers are tackling legal & cultural issues with a greater perspective than ever before.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

As trade encouraged by a financial protocol between the Israeli and Chinese governments rises into the billions of dollars annually, Israeli lawyers are tackling legal and cultural issues that arise in business between the two nations with greater perspective than ever before.

MORAN YOSEF – Photo: RAM TOREN

Ram Toren and Moran Yosef of Gideon Fisher and Partners explained in a recent interview with The Jerusalem Post that the protocol, though also being used in trade with Vietnam, is not business as usual and is designed to soften up the market by providing loans on unusually good terms to companies doing business with China. Continue Reading »

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| September 19, 2015
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China to Begin 3 Flights a Week From Beijing to Israel’s Ben Gurion Int’l Airport

 

Israel’s ambassador convinced Hainan Airlines, China’s largest private airline, that the Israel-China flights will translate into financial gains from the increase in Chinese/Israeli tourism.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Hainan Airlines, the largest private flight company in China, announced Friday morning the establishment of its first direct flights to and from Israel.

The announcement came after a long string of meetings between embassy officials including Israel’s Ambassador to China Matan Vilnai who convinced the airline’s president of the financial benefits of having flights between the two countries.

Hainan Airlines – Photo: Shutterstock

The flights are due to begin on April 28 and will take place three times a week on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays, the days El Al doesn’t fly to Beijing. Continue Reading »

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| September 11, 2015
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WATCH: China makes lovely video after Israel thanked them for saving Jews

 

In the video clip produced by China Radio Int’l, locals in Shanghai are seen holding signs in Hebrew saying: “You’re welcome,” “Happy to help” and “Don’t mention it!”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Last month, the Consulate General of Israel in Shanghai released a public service video to thank China for rescuing thousands of Jews during World War II.

Chinese say Thankyou to Israel – Screenshot

On Thursday, the gesture of gratitude was returned by some Chinese students of Hebrew who made a video of their own to say, “You’re welcome.”

In the clip, which was produced by China Radio International, Shanghai locals are seen holding signs in Hebrew saying “You’re welcome,” “Don’t mention it,” and “Happy to help.” Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2015
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Chinese Science Contest Winners Choose to Visit Israel For Its Prize

Having chosen to visit Israel, the 19 Chinese winers will attend 10-day science youth camp at Weizmann Institute of Science and meet Nobel chemistry laureate Professor Ada Yonath.

By Dan Lavie

 

Nineteen Chinese teenagers who won a prestigious science competition are scheduled to visit Israel next week as their prize. The winning group was given its choice of travel destinations, and has chosen to attend a special 10-day workshop hosted by the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Chinese students visit Israel as part of 2014’s Smart-Up Science Youth Camp

The teenagers will be accompanied by teachers, journalists, and Beijing government officials.

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| June 8, 2015
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Beijing refuses to allow Chinese nationals to work in West Bank

China’s refusal is delaying a deal on allowing thousands of Chinese construction workers in Israel because Jerusalem won’t promise to exclude them from the settlements.

By i24news

 

China is refusing to sign an agreement allowing its nationals to work in Israel, unless the Israeli government promises they will not be employed in the internationally disputed Jewish settlements of the West Bank.

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Chinese construction workers – Photo: AFP /file

Israel has been trying to negotiate the agreement for a while and has so far refused to give in to the Chinese demand, according to The Marker, the economic daily of Haaretz. Continue Reading »

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| April 25, 2015
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Israel’s diversifying against Obama’s wishes and joining Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Israel’s decision to join the AIIB is but another indication
of a growing Israeli readiness to defy US President Barack
Obama. Israel is definitely taking some eggs out of the American basket.

By Emmanuel Navon

 

In October 2014 China established, together with other Asian countries, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The creation of the AIIB was a consequence of China’s exasperation at America’s refusal to reform the Bretton Woods institutions (i.e. the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, and the World Bank) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Photo from AIIB Site AIIB

For years, China has asked to reform the IMF and the World Bank so as to reflect the global clout of the Chinese economy.

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| March 13, 2015
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Israel’s President Tells Envoys, ‘The Jewish State is Turning Eastwards’

President Rivlin hosts 20 ambassadors to Asian countries, stressing ‘connection with Asia is now more important to Israel than ever.’

By Ari Yashar

 

President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday afternoon hosted 20 Israeli ambassadors and diplomatic mission heads to Asian-Pacific countries at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem.

“The friendly relationship between Israel and the rising powers in Asia represents an economic and strategic opportunity for both sides,” Rivlin told them. “As a state which seeks new markets for trade, the connection with Asia is more important than ever to Israel.”

The president stressed “Israel is more and more turning to face the East, we are witnessing cross-fertilization in the fields of education, industry, tourism, and security.”

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| January 20, 2015
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China’s Alibaba Concludes Major Investment Deal With Israeli Start-up

Chinese e-mega-giant Alibaba invests into Israeli high-tech start-up, in latest economic collaboration with Asia.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made its first investment in an Israeli company by funding start-up Visualead, a provider of QR code technology, the companies said in a statement Tuesday.

Deal! – Thinkstock

QR, or quick response, codes are a type of barcode.

Alibaba and Visualead have also entered into a strategic cooperation agreement, the statement said, but gave no figure for the investment.

The deal will allow Alibaba to use Visualead’s technology across its platforms, it said. Visualead will use the funding to develop its next
generation of technology enabling offline to online business.

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| January 14, 2015
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China’s ‘5-Star’ Hainan Airlines to begin new Tel Aviv-Beijing route

China’s largest privately owned & managed airline, Hainan Airlines, submitted request with Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority to run 3 weekly direct flights between Beijing & Ben-Gurion Int’l Airport
• Flights scheduled for Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.

By Ilan Gattegno and Israel Hayom Staff

 

China’s Hainan Airlines has filed a request with Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority to operate three weekly direct flights between Beijing and Tel Aviv from September.

A Hainan Airlines Airbus 330 – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons/Paul Spijkers

The flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, days on which Israel’s El Al Airlines does not operate flights on the Tel Aviv-Beijing route.

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| January 8, 2015
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Passing Japan Alliance Plan, Israel-Asian Coalition Takes Shape

PM Natanyahu unveils landmark alliance policy with Japan-China-India detailing economic/cultural/tourism plan involving many of Israel’s ministries to solidify ties with Asia.

By Ari Yashar

 

A roadmap plan to radically strengthen economic ties with Japan introduced by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was approved by the Cabinet on Sunday, and paves the way for a strategic array of alliances with three Asian superpowers – Japan, China and India.

“The State of Israel must vary the markets in which we are active. In the last two years, I have met with the leaders of China, Japan and India as part of a comprehensive policy of turning to major markets including Latin America and Africa,” explained Netanyahu.

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| December 2, 2014
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Panda diplomacy hits Israel: China inspects Haifa zoo as possible new home

The Chinese pandas chief visited Israel last week with a huge 200-man business delegation, to determine if the Haifa zoo is Panda-worthy. Watch adorable video.

 

Following a diplomatic tradition going back millennia, China will be gifting Israel with two giant pandas, if it decides that the conditions in the Haifa zoo meet the animals’ needs.

Four-month old panda babies playing at Atlanta Zoo, December 12, 2013.

Four-month old panda babies playing at Atlanta Zoo, December 12, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

The delightful duo, which are actually a primitive species of bear, would be the latest to travel further to China’s “Panda Diplomacy,” a policy first employed by the Empress Wu Zetian in the year 658 AD to charm the Japanese emperor Temmu. Continue Reading »

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