China and Europe should establish a feasibility study on free trade talks as soon as possible, China’s Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Reports Reuters. “With these 30 A330 options now firmed up, CAS’ total number of orders for the popular Airbus widebody is this year 75 aircraft”, Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Bregier said. “Chinese leaders also attach great importance to developing relations with Germany”, said Shi, noting that mutual trust and frequent exchange of visits between leaders of the two countries are of significance for promoting bilateral ties.
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Britain has become very proactive in its China dealings.
China is a key market for both Airbus and Boeing, thanks to the growing demand for air travel there.
In it, the plaintiffs attack the influx of refugees, citing “practically apocalyptic scenes… that could bring about Germany’s demise within a year”.
After visiting the Museum of Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses in northwestern China’s Shaanxi province during her last visit in 2010, Merkel visited a traditional Chinese hutong area.
Merkel also met with Chinese human rights activists Thursday.
Merkel also said Germany and China were ready to sign a deal to abstain from industrial spying.
To help secure more jet orders in China, Airbus agreed in July to build a 150 million euro A330 completion centre in Tianjin where it has been assembling A320s, sold mostly to Chinese airlines.
Merkel said: “I definitely have confidence in the Chinese economy”, adding that economic development undergoes “waves and changes”.
“Germany needs to show a willingness to share core highly advanced technologies with China to keep this giant market”, Cui Hongjian, an expert at the China Institute of worldwide Studies, told the Global Times.
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China has repeatedly expressed opposition to the use of force to resolve the crisis in Syria, saying that a political solution was the only way out, Li said. The Chinese side took no forceful action during the USS Lassen’s sail-by on Tuesday, but strenuously protested the maneuver.
