China will reduce the Value Added Tax on 21 rare disease treatments to 3%, starting March 1. CStone Pharma, a Suzhou oncology company, plans to raise $304 million in its Hong Kong IPO at a…
Monthly Archives For February 2019
Beijing’s denial of Huawei control bucks expert analysis
VANCOUVER—A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s condemnation Monday of suggestions Beijing requires domestic tech companies to allow state access to data collected by their equipment or networks d… ( read original story …)
China’s middle class doubling to 600 million is a key investment opportunity
AP Vihari Ross, head of research at Magellan Financial Group, points to coffee consumption in China as a long-term opportunity. Those with even modest discretionary income can afford this ritual. Chin… ( read original story…
U.S.-China Negotiations Are ‘Picking Up,’ USDA’s Censky Says
(Bloomberg) — Trade discussions between the U.S. and China have picked up as the March 1 truce deadline nears, according to Steve Censky, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Deputy Secretary. A team … ( read…
China’s Tech Giants Seek More From Hong Kong Despite IPO Changes
Barely a year after Hong Kong amended its market rules to attract initial public offerings, China’s technology giants are pushing for more. From allowing companies to hold super-voting rights to letti… ( read original story…
China Unveils Plan to Tie Hong Kong, Macau Closer to Mainland
(Bloomberg) — China’s State Council unveiled a sweeping plan to link … aiming to make it a high-tech megalopolis to rival California’s Silicon Valley. The plan, issued by Xinhua News Agency late Mo… ( read…
China accuses U.S. of trying to block its tech development
China’s government on Monday accused the United States of trying … Centre has found that the risk of using its networks is manageable, according to the Financial Times and several other British medi… ( read…
China says Australian cyber attack suggestion is ‘baseless speculation’
Shanghai | China has attacked suggestions it was behind a cyber hacking … Security sources told The Australian Financial Review the techniques and signatures used by the hackers had not been seen be… ( read…
China unveils plans to develop Greater Bay Area
Financial institutions in the Greater Bay Area … complementary strengths more effectively,” Wong said. Reporting by China Monitoring Desk and Kevin Yao in Beijing; Additional reporting by … ( read original story …)
Hollywood faces uncertainty in China as the film business slows
When the U.S. and China struck a landmark deal in 2012 to pry open the Asian country’s vast film market, Hollywood salivated. The hard-fought agreement was a boon to major studios, allowing huge retur… (…
China accuses U.S. of trying to block development by alleging Huawei a cybersecurity threat
BEIJING — China’s government on Monday accused the United States … to “reject any enterprise that would compromise the integrity of our communications technology or our national security systems.” T… ( read original story …)
China accuses US of trying to block its tech development
“China has not and will not require companies or individuals … according to a report by the Financial Times and several other British media outlets. Article Continued Below The reports cited anonymo… ( read original…
Global debt is not yet at financial crisis levels — but could be set for an explosion with China leading the way
Global debt is at elevated levels, but isn’t high enough to draw comparisons with the 2008 financial crisis just yet. Risky corporate debt, particularly in the form of leveraged loans, has been on the ……
