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Monthly Archives For May 2019
U.S. Spares China Currency Manipulator Label, Expands Watchlist
(Bloomberg) — Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now … Designation as a currency manipulator comes with no immediate penalties but can rattle financial markets. … ( read…
Beijing to establish parking areas for shared bikes
Bike-sharing companies will charge users a dispatch fee if they park bikes outside designated areas in central Beijing starting from June, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday. Four popular … ( read original story …)
Understanding China’s ‘One-Way Bet’ Property Market
The history of China’s housing market is short by global standards, since private home ownership only began in 1998. But what a two decades it’s been. Home prices have skyrocketed, creating a … ( read…
China’s SOE Reforms: What the Latest Round of Reforms Mean for the Market
In the case of China, unclear property rights between the government and enterprises and laggard company management systems mean that SOEs are generally not as productive and innovative as private … ( read original story…
World stocks retreat as China-US jitters set in
SINGAPORE — World markets were broadly lower Wednesday on expectations that a trade dispute between China and the United States would simmer and possibly weigh on growth. Investors are digesting … ( read original story…
Rare Earths, the U.S.-China Trade War and Your Phone
So when China’s President Xi Jinping showed up days later at a … They’re also frequent components of everyday objects like light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, used to light up smartphones and stadium … ( read…
Microsoft “Cloud and Mobile Technology Incubation Program” launches in Zhaoqing
GUANGZHOU and ZHAOQING, China, May 29, 2019 /CNW/ — The 2019 Zhaoqing Science … at which the Microsoft “Cloud and Mobile Technology Incubation Program” – Zhaoqing Cloud and Mobile Application … ( read original story…
China Gears Up to Weaponize Rare Earths in Trade War
China is “seriously” considering restricting rare earth … Editorials in the Global Times and Shanghai Securities News took similar tacks in their Wednesday editions. The nation’s producers have … ( read original story …)
China developers’ debt strains ease on strong earnings growth
That should be a relief to investors worried about potential corporate defaults as China Inc faces a record US$1.5 trillion of corporate bonds maturing in the next two years. But it is also a warning…
If China and the US split the tech world, that could come at a cost to consumers
Technology competition has become a major factor in the ongoing U.S.-China rivalry and trade dispute, with implications for global IT supply chains based in Asia and the United States, according to … ( read original…
US scientist pleads not guilty to lying about China contact
Prosecutors have described Thousand Talents as a program established by China to recruit people with access to and knowledge of foreign technology and intellectual property. For years, it was … ( read original story …)
China’s First Bank Seizure in 20 Years Spooks Investors
(Bloomberg) — The Chinese government’s first seizure of a bank in more than two decades piles fresh pressure on shares of small lenders that already trade at rock-bottom valuations. A Bloomberg index … ( read…
