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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Israel-China business relations

Workers roll up a red carpet after a welcome ceremony held by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (AP/Alexander F. Yuan)
August 3, 2022, 10:06 pm
After years of blooming trade, some see Israel-China relationship start to sour
Data presented at launch of Israel-China Policy Center shows bilateral economic activity has fallen since 2019, when Israel began scrutinizing deals with Beijing under US pressure
By Tal Schneider
A cargo ship at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Zhoushan, in the Zhejiang Province of China, January 19, 2022. (Yao Feng/VCG via Getty Images/JTA)
January 24, 2022, 11:48 pm
China was Israel’s leading source of imports in 2021, surpassing US
$10.7 billion in goods arrived last year, compared to $8.7 billion from US; Chinese supplies increase by nearly 40% over 2020
By JTA and ToI Staff
Guangzhou, China, December 2019. The Shangxiajiu pedestrian street in Liwan District, a main shopping district of the city and a major tourist attraction (Parichart Thongmee; iStock by Getty Images).
May 31, 2021, 12:24 pm
Israel-China medical fund to raise $300m for joint drug development ventures
The Guangzhou Sino-Israel Bio-industry Investment Fund, headed by Israel’s former chief scientist, has already closed $200 million for its second fund to finance clinical trials
By Shoshanna Solomon
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington on June 11, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Pool/AFP)
June 15, 2020, 11:27 pm
In address to American Jews, Pompeo urges Israel to stand with US against China
US secretary of state tells AJC forum that countering Beijing is a ‘growing challenge to all free people’
By JTA
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on March 21, 2017. (Xinhua/Rao Ainmin/ via JTA)
June 3, 2020, 1:12 pm
Breaking China: A rupture looms between Israel and the United States
As an American-Chinese power struggle ramps up, the Jewish state increasingly feels the fallout with US pressure to nix deals it deems detrimental to its security interests
By Ron Kampeas
Carice Witte (courtesy)
May 20, 2020, 7:15 pm
Expert: Israel must always heed US concerns, but its China ties can still thrive
Carice Witte says China knows Israel’s first allegiance is to America, but it’s also not the 51st state; despite current crisis, that leaves room for a wide range of engagement
By Raphael Ahren
Adi Weitzhandler
December 3, 2019, 4:23 pm
Adi Weitzhandler
Can Israel win the trade war?
Caught between the two world superpowers, Israel is wise to continue its cooperation with China
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, center right, attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 20, 2017. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)
October 30, 2019, 7:24 pm
Under pressure from US, Israel forms panel to examine foreign investments
Washington has repeatedly pressed Jerusalem to step up safeguards against Chinese investment in the Jewish state as Sino-Israeli business ties grow
By ToI Staff
Oil refineries towers in the northern port city of Haifa on October 16, 2006. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
From the WebJune 30, 2019, 1:22 pm
China’s Haier Group dips toes in Israel’s petrochemical sector
The Chinese consumer electronics giant has signed several collaboration agreements with Israel’s Bazan Group, an oil refining and petrochemicals company
Illustrative: An aerial view of the solar field at Kibbutz Ketura, which provides one-third of the daytime electricity for the city of Eilat. (Courtesy)
June 26, 2019, 8:06 pm
Huawei enters Israel’s solar power market, hours after quitting US
As Chinese telecom giant announces new move, deputy US energy secretary, in Israel, warns that data collected off solar panels could be used by Chinese ‘for other things’
By Sue Surkes and Shoshanna Solomon
The runway safety solution developed by Xsight Systems is deployed on a runway in the Seattle Tacoma International Airport (Courtesy)
June 20, 2019, 1:52 pm
Israeli AI tech to secure runways at Beijing airports
Xsight Systems wins tenders for Beijing airports for tech that combines image and radar processing algorithms to detect runway threats
By Shoshanna Solomon
Edouard Cukierman speaking at the GoForIsrael Conference in Jinan, China, on May 28, 2019. (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
June 12, 2019, 4:54 am
Matchmaking confab seeks to wed Israeli innovation to China’s great wallet
Beijing sees Tel Aviv as a hotbed of technology and Israelis see the Chinese as a font of cash, but some warn that the relationship is not necessarily one made in heaven
By Joshua Davidovich
The Zhonggcuancun tech hub during the opening event of the AI Industry Application and Development Forum, on May 29, 2019 (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
June 2, 2019, 4:42 pm
Israel’s AI boom takes the stage at Beijing tech conference
Chamber of commerce head sells Israel as hub at opening of AI forum, with numbers showing Jewish state quickly becoming a leader in the industry
By Joshua Davidovich
A billboard for the GoForIsrael conference at a train station in China. (Courtesy GoForIsrael)
May 26, 2019, 3:02 pm
Israeli firms fly out to woo China investors despite myriad of potential hazards
A trade war with the US and a host of other worries are not stopping some 100 companies from heading east, where they will be welcomed by a massive market hungry for innovation
By Joshua Davidovich and Shoshanna Solomon
A view of Haifa bay, April 24, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 20, 2018, 12:08 pm
Has Israel made a huge mistake letting a Chinese firm run part of Haifa port?
‘Why did we do it? I don’t know, but we needed someone to operate our ports quickly,’ says official, amid fears Beijing’s potential intelligence gathering could keep US navy away
By Raphael Ahren
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