Nine fine-stroke peony paintings from Heze, the home city of the peony in Shandong Province, were established officially on this Monday in Colombo, located in the Paraná state of Brazil.

The Brazilian company Vast Infraestrutura and PetroChina International (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited, an affiliate of PetroChina International Company Limited (PetroChina Intl.) signed this week a long-term contract to run transshipment operations at Vast’s terminal in Açu Port, in São João da Barra in Rio de Janeiro state. The agreement foresees the transshipment involving vessels like Aframax, Suezmax, and VLCC.

Tencent, the world’s largest gaming company, announced on Monday that it will have an official presence in Brazil with the opening of an office and a local team. The Chinese multinational is the developer of games that are extremely popular with the Brazilian audience, such as “League of Legends” and “PUBG Mobile.”

Chinese online fast-fashion retailer, Shein, began exploring the physical channel in 2018 and opened its first temporary store in New York. From 4 to 12 June, the fast-fashion brand will open a pop-up store, created in collaboration with a Swedish fintech company, Klarna, in the capital of Portugal, Lisbon.

SPIC Brasil, a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corporation of China, announced last Thursday the acquisition of two solar power generation projects from Canadian Solar. Thus, SPIC now has 70% stake in these projects, and it now enters the solar energy generation segment.

The Chinese automaker BYD plans to acquire Ford’s plant in Camaçari, Bahia, to expand the production of its electric cars and generate thousands of job opportunities

Brazil Post continues to engage a high volume of dedicated cargo flights from China to Brazil. Since flights are delayed or canceled because of COVID-19 and international flights have not yet fully resumed, chartering aircraft is a way to ensure ensure trade flows and parcels delivery.

Beijing Capital Airlines confirmed that the direct flights between Portugal and China will resume on June 11, with one flight per week, after being suspended for over six months.

Last Wednesday, the City Hall of Recife received the visit of the Consul-General of China in Recife, Yan Yuqing. Received by the Deputy Mayor, Isabella de Roldão, the representatives of the Chinese community donated more than 100 thousand reais to help the City Hall to take care of the homeless caused by heavy rains in the state. Other members of the consulate were also present.

During a visit to Timor-Leste, the Chinese Foreign Minister pledged on last Saturday to strengthen and expand China’s cooperation with Timor-Leste and hailed the two-decade-long relationship between the two countries.

After announcing its plans to produce electric cars in Brazil, the Chinese car manufacturer BYD will start selling soon the first model which is planed to be produce in Brazil and is now still imported from China.

On 1st June, the Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the severe floods in Brazil, which have caused heavy casualties, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua.