In last month’s operation, Shaanxi Financial Asset Management Co. sold 500 million yuan ($76 million) in six-year bonds in a private placement, China Lianhe Credit Rating said in a Sept. 26 report. The Shaanxi provincial…
Monthly Archives For October 2017
Hong Kong regulator expands IPO probe to 15 banks and securities firms
UBS and Standard Chartered are being sued by the SFC for their roles in the 2009 IPO offering of China Forestry Holdings, which was suspended in 2011 and is being liquidated. Standard Chartered closed its…
Chinese youngsters’ favorite streaming site Bilibili plans for IPO
Baidu’s iQIYI, often known as the “Netflix of China”, is also reportedly filling for an IPO in the U.S., according to Bloomberg. No major video streaming sites in China have turned a profit yet. When…
Report: China catching up to US in foreign aid flow
China is close to matching the United States as a source of … The 5-year-old project used a computerized system to look for information from more than 15,000 sources including news reports, Chinese government offices,…
Exclusive: U.S. warship sails near islands Beijing claims in South China Sea – U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, three U.S. officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperation in…
Hong Kong football fans defy Beijing with anthem jeers
While US President Donald Trump attacks American football players who fail to stand during the “Star-Spangled Banner”, in Hong Kong it is soccer fans angering the local government — and the Chinese Communist party —…
US warship ‘carries out threatening manoeuvres near Chinese islands’ after Beijing warning
The US is currently seeking China’s help to end North Korea’s missile and nuclear programmes. But despite the push for diplomacy Donald Trump’s administration have risked causing outrage in Beijing after sailing near islands claimed…
Beijing flights from $534 return with Qantas
Hop on over to China. Qantas is running a sale on flights to Beijing. Fares start at $534 for Sydney to Beijing direct and $536 for Melbourne to Beijing, and all flights are under $600…
Students take center stage at Beijing arts festival
Young musicians from Tianjin Conservatory of Music perform in a previous Chinese Art Schools Week, an event held annually in China. [Photo provided to China Daily] Students and teachers from eight major Chinese art schools…
US warship sails near islands that Beijing claims in South China Sea: US officials
WASHINGTON – A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday (Oct 10), three US officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperation…
College students arrive in Beijing by roller skating in 6 days
An epic journey by a pair of college students over the National Day holiday is drawing a lot of attention online, reports Beijing Youth Daily. The two junior students from a college in Jining, Shandong…
Tennis – Tennis: Kyrgios storms off court in Shanghai, days after Beijing meltdown
Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios stormed off court to loud boos midway through his opening match at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, two days after his China Open final meltdown. The 22-year-old abruptly called it quits…
China and U.S. ‘neck and neck’ in foreign assistance spending
On the list of China’s contributions overseas, there is hurricane relief, books, and mosquito nets. But it is the grants and loans for building national roads — even a nuclear power plant — that have…