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EghtesadOnline: The main Iran- China banking channel is functioning after China 's Bank of Kunlun resumed services for Iranians on Monday, deputy president of Iran- China Chamber of Commerce and Industries said.

EghtesadOnline: The past year has been especially difficult for Iranians working or studying in China due to financial issues, but new bank-related challenges seem to have arisen for Iranian citizens conducting business with the country’s biggest trader partner as a result of policies concerning the US.

EghtesadOnline: The United States is prepared to impose sanctions on all countries that continue to buy Iran's oil, including China , after Washington starts reimposing bans on Iran’s energy sector. The announcement was made on Thursday by Brian Hook, the head of US State Department's newly-established Iran Action Group, after he was asked by reporters about the group’s plan for dealing with China , the National Iranian Oil Company's website reported.

EghtesadOnline: As the US and Iran continue to trade barbs over the reimposition of economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic, China is also entering the verbal fray.

EghtesadOnline: Finance agreements Iran signed with China and Russia after the 2015 multilateral nuclear accord are still valid, despite the US reimposition of sanctions against Tehran, an official at the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran said.

EghtesadOnline: China and Germany defended their business ties with Iran on Wednesday in the face of President Donald Trump’s warning that any companies trading with the Islamic Republic would be barred from the United States.

EghtesadOnline: The US has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, according to two officials familiar with the negotiations, dealing a blow to US President Donald Trump’s efforts to isolate Iran after his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord.

EghtesadOnline: The U.S.-driven trade war has become the biggest “confidence killer” for the global economy, China ’s foreign ministry warned on Wednesday, saying the whole world would fight back if the United States continued to be “wilful”.

EghtesadOnline: China accused the United States of bullying and warned it would hit back after the Trump administration raised the stakes in their trade dispute, threatening 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods.

EghtesadOnline: China ’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said that Beijing’s position on the North Korean issue is consistent and that it acts in a responsible manner.

EghtesadOnline: On the sweltering night of Aug. 5, thousands of residents gathered near Hong Kong’s main government complex for an event billed as the city’s first pro-independence rally. Chan Ho-tin, a 25-year-old founder of the newly formed Hong Kong National Party and organizer of the event, spoke of a “quiet revolution” with independence supporters “infiltrating” government and the ranks of the police force.

EghtesadOnline: David Lipton, one of the International Monetary Fund’s highest ranked officials, has warned China that it needs to initiate “serious reforms” in order to address the country’s corporate debt if it wants a smooth transition from a manufacturing to a consumer based economy.