But it is an apt one. The self-styled “butcher” took his cleaver to injustice and corruption in an uncompromising, sometimes uncouth campaign that made him one of China’s best-known dissidents and an enemy of the…
Monthly Archives For August 2017
Facebook launches China-only version of Moments photo app
The BBC understands that part of the reason the app was not branded as Facebook was to study how apps organically gain users in China. Facebook is working with Chinese app developer Youge Internet Technology.…
China central bank official sees limited impact from NCD inclusion in risk assessment
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s planned inclusion of negotiable certificates of deposit (NCDs) – a popular short-term debt instrument for smaller banks – in its quarterly risk assessments will have limited impact on the banking sector,…
New commission to improve financial security
The recently established Financial Stability and Development Committee responsible to the State Council, China’s Cabinet, is another important move to strengthen the country’s financial security and help the People’s Bank of China, the central bank…
China’s Stability at Stake as the Next Generation of Money Men Rises
Sign up here to receive our newsletter. As the retirement of People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan nears, his legacy of financial reform may yet live on through the advancing careers of people he’s…
Trump orders review of China’s trade practises
US President Donald Trump has asked his country’s top trade official to review China’s practices regarding intellectual property. The move was incremental, but could eventually lead to the US imposing trade sanctions. Mr Trump is…
China central bank unlikely to tighten policy further in second half: adviser
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank is unlikely to tighten policy further in the second half of this year, which could cap rises in market interest rates, a central bank adviser on Tuesday was quoted…
China’s Intellectual Property Theft Must Stop
President Trump on Monday instructed the office of the United States Trade Representative to consider an investigation into China’s sustained and widespread attacks on America’s intellectual property. This investigation will provide the evidence for ……
Trump orders probe of China intellectual property practices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday authorized an inquiry on whether to investigate China’s alleged theft of intellectual property, the first direct action by the White House against a country Trump has painted…
China says US trade probe would violate international rules
China criticized President Donald Trump’s order for a possible U.S. trade investigation of Beijing’s technology policies as a violation of global rules and said Tuesday it will “resolutely safeguard” Chinese interests. Trade groups for technology…
Trump authorises possible China trade investigation
US President Donald Trump has asked his country’s top trade official to review China’s practices regarding intellectual property. The move was incremental, but could eventually lead to the US imposing trade sanctions. Mr Trump is…
China says it will defend interests if U.S. harms trade ties
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will take action to defend its interests if the United States damages trade ties, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump authorized an inquiry into China’s…
Why luxury brands no longer give China’s online marketplaces the cold shoulder
The world’s biggest luxury brands have had a change of heart towards China’s online marketplaces, which they once saw as a no-win battleground of counterfeit sellers, discounts and sales that tear away their brand value.…
