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Beijing to open up beef market to UK, Germany

Bloomberg Cattle farmers in Britain and Germany are among the latest winners from a shortage of meat in China. The UK and China reached a deal to allow British beef to be sold to the Asian country by year-end. That marks the first potential shipments since the 1990s, when British beef was banned amid an outbreak of mad cow disease. ...

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Water outages to hit Manila again

Bloomberg Water outages will again hit the Philippine capital due to reduced supply at its main reservoir despite the start of the rainy season. Manila Water Co Inc, a unit of Ayala Corp, said the eastern part of the capital was expected to have supply interruptions on Tuesday. Maynilad Water Services Inc, a unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corp, told ...

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US colleges worry trade war risks flow of Chinese students

Bloomberg Kirk Brennan, director of undergraduate admission at the University of Southern California, was on a bus in Baotou earlier this month, part of a multi-school recruiting trip in Inner Mongolia, when he heard the news: The Chinese Education Ministry had issued a warning to students studying in the US to be vigilant about restrictions on academic visas. It’s hard ...

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