{"id":43736,"date":"2011-09-12T17:35:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=43736"},"modified":"2011-09-12T17:35:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T21:35:22","slug":"china-announces-us1-billion-caribbean-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/regional\/china-announces-us1-billion-caribbean-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"China announces US$1 billion Caribbean initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43737\" title=\"china flag\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/china-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"164\" \/>PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) \u2014 The two-day China Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum opened here on today with China announcing that it would pump millions of dollars in assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).<\/p>\n<p>Vice Premier of the People&#8217;s Republic of China, Wang Qishan told the opening ceremony attended by a number of Caribbean leaders including Jamaica\u2019s Prime Minister Bruce Golding, his Antigua and Barbuda counterpart Baldwin Spencer and the Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo, that Beijing would provide funds for six initiatives aimed at boosting relations between the two regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina will provide one billion US dollars in loans and preferential nature to the Caribbean countries in support of local economic development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamaicaobserver.com\/news\/China-announces-billion-dollar-initiative-for-C-bean\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) \u2014 The two-day China Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum opened here on today with China announcing that it would pump millions of dollars in assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). 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