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06 May 2020

Emily Kuo Vong´s Foundation Donates Over 100 Ventilators to Portugal and Vows to Invest in the Country
Emily Kuo Vong, president of the International Cultural Club of Portugal (ICCP), has donated to Portugal´s Health Service (SNS) medical supplies including 100 Ventilators, to assist the country in its effort to deal with Covid-19. The supplies, CLBrief has learned, have already arrived in Lisbon, Portugal.
05 May 2020

Beijing Capital Airlines Sets New 22 May Date for Resuming Beijing-Lisbon flights
Beijing Capital Airlines (BCA) flights between Beijing and Lisbon, with stopover in Xi'an, are set to resume on 22 May, nstead of 24 April, as initially announced by the company.
04 May 2020

Announcement: Your New and Improved CLBrief Newsletter
Starting May 5th, a new and improved CL Brief e-mail newsletter will be available to all its readers, with timely, reliable and relevant information about business issues regarding the Portuguese-Speaking Countries (PSCs), China and other Asian economies.
30 April 2020

Banco Nacional Ultramarino and ICBC Macau partner for Portuguese-speaking countries
Banco Nacional Ultramarino bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint promotion of business between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries, according to a statement by the issuing bank.
29 April 2020

South Korean Pension Fund NPS in EUR 2.4 billion Investment in Portuguese Road Concessionaire
Chinese construction companies were reportedly among potential buyers of Brisa, Portugal's main road concessionaire, but it was a grouping of three institutional investors that made the deal. Among the new shareholders is NPS, the national pension service of  South Korea.
28 April 2020

Portuguese and Chinese Builders Win €636 million Contract in Mexico
The Portuguese group has also won a USD 365 million project in Mozambique, related to the natural gas industry infrastructures. 
27 April 2020

Report on COVID-19 Disinformation puts China at Odds with EU
Relations with the European Union and the US have been agitated by diverging views on Beijing's role in the coronavirus outbreak.
21 April 2020

Macau Government Reaffirms Commitment to Portuguese-Speaking Countries
The 2020 Lines of Government Action, the first presented under the new chief executive, Ho Iat Seng, essentially retain that central role and opens new avenues for their development, like a Renminbi-denominated stock market and e-commerce platforms.
21 April 2020

State-Supported Bailout of Portuguese Airline TAP Could Have Chinese Funding
The Portuguese Government considers nationalising the company, where it already has half of the capital, but its private shareholders are pushing for a cash infusion, from a financial consortium which could have Chinese capital.
20 April 2020

Angolan Exports to China Take a Hit
With the Coronavirus crisis and the slowdown in the Chinese economy in the first quarter of 2020, along with a drop in oil prices, Angolan exports to China have now taken a hit. 
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