Photo taken on July 14 Hombre Nike Metcon DSX Flyknit 2 Negras Ofertas , 2017 shows locally sourced beef from Texas at a local market in Houston, the United States. (XinhuaYi-Chin Lee) U.S. beef does not sell well in Beijing one month after it entered the Chinese market for the first time in 14 years, Securities Daily reported.
A salesperson at a Beijing store told the paper that imported U.S. beef is expensive and looks darker than other beef, so buyers are more interested in buying fresh meat at competitive prices.
The paper found U.S. beef is not offered for sale on a large scale although some e-commerce stores and supermarkets announced in the past it would be sold.
One store was found to sell U.S. beef produced on June 28 and packed on Aug. 16 with an expiration date of year hence. A salesperson said it took two months for U.S. beef to hit the Chinese market and that fresh beef tastes better than frozen cuts, "so real beef lovers will not buy the U.S. meat."
The beef sells for 106 yuan to 316 yuan per kilogram in Wumart retail outlets.
Insiders told the paper prices of U.S. beef are higher than estimated and has not caused a drop in prices for Chinese beef on the market.
Wang Chengcheng, an analyst with Sublime China Information Co. Ltd., said U.S. beef imported into China abides by strict requirements and will not flood the market with poor quality meat.
But the import still affects the domestic beef market. China's cattle industry lags behind U.S. producers in branding and efficiency, reported the paper.
MADRID, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid on Friday announced that young Spain international striker Marco Asensio has extended his stay with the club until the end of June 2023.
The news comes just 24 hours after central defender Rafael Varene agreed a new contract with the club and sees Asensio join the French defender along with Isco, Dani Caarvajal, Marcelo and Marcos Llorente, who have all extended their Real Madrid deals in the past month.
Asensio was signed from Mallorca in December 2014 for under 4 million euros and spent the rest of the 2014-15 season on loan at the club, before spending the following year with Espanyol.
However, last season saw him earn a place in the Madrid first team squad and this season the 21-year-old has had an excellent start to the season, scoring four goals and earning a place in the Spanish national team squad.
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Ties between China and Latin America and the Caribbean have entered a new phase of development and cooperation, said Yang Wanming, China's ambassador to Argentina.
The diplomat participated on Wednesday in the "Fifth China-Latin America High-Level Dialogue Academic Forum" in the city of La Plata, south of Buenos Aires, which was attended by national and provincial government officials, academics and experts.
The theme of the meeting was "Building strategic trust and mutual understanding between China and Latin America."
Chinese President Xi Jinping made state visits to Ecuador, Peru and Chile recently and attended the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Lima.
This trip has not only consolidated the traditional friendship between China and the three countries, but also laid out the new roadmap and new program to deepen cooperation between China and Latin America, said the ambassador.
"President Xi indicated in his important speech, given to the Peruvian Congress about the future of China-Latin American relations, that...these ties have seen a leap in their development," said Yang.
"Both sides have confirmed the comprehensive cooperation between China, Latin America and the Caribbean, marked by equality, mutual benefits and shared development," said the ambassador.
In terms of specific areas for the two countries to work in together, Yang mentioned "substantial economic and commercial cooperation, prioritizing energy resources, infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, science and innovation, and information technology."
He also called for increased cooperation in a range of areas, including personnel training, the tourism market and the promotion of football. In the case of Argentina, Yang emphasized that the country is "a very important partner for China in Latin America."
Yang also said that the year 2017 coincides with the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Argentina, adding this opportunity should be used to continue promoting exchanges between universities, think tanks and communications media, while driving the establishment of a mechanism of joint academic research.
This will also contribute to the integral and lasting development of relations between China and Latin America, as well as other Latin American countries, noted the ambassador.
In 2015, bilateral trade between China and Latin America reached 236.5 billion U.S. dollars.
In 2016, the two sides celebrated the China-Latin America and Caribbean Year of Cultural Exchange.
China has signed free trade agreements with Chile, Peru and Costa Rica. It stands as the second largest trading partner and the third largest foreign investor in the region.
XINING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Pu Tsering, a good-natured primary school teacher, is very stubborn when it comes to which language his students have to speak.
"We should speak standard Tibetan," the 37-year-old language teacher often tells his students at a boarding school in Yushu, a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
"As a Tibetan teacher, I'm responsible for preserving our mother tongue," Pu Tsering said through an interpreter in an interview with Xinhua.