TAIPEI/SHANGHAI — China’s second-largest mobile chip developer aims to launch a 5G chipset in 2020, far earlier than previously planned, to catch up with global leaders Qualcomm and MediaTek and … ( read original story…
Monthly Archives For August 2019
NATO needs to address China’s rise, says Stoltenberg
China’s increasing assertiveness … Australia and other Western allies worried that 5G would be a foundation technology for critical infrastructure that could be compromised by Beijing, which rejects … ( read original story …)
Beijing Threatens Hong Kong Protesters
Beijing issued a startling warning to Hong Kong protesters to not “play with fire.” We look at how Chinese leaders are responding to increasing unrest in the territory. … ( read original story …)
China’s exit from US agriculture is a devastating blow to an already struggling sector
It may also dent U.S. gross domestic product and hurt companies like Deere, whose business is directly tied to farming in the Heartland. “Sales have already been lower this crop year because of the ……
China takes on Trump by weakening Yuan, halting crop imports
At a rally in Cincinnati last week he boasted of “taxing the hell out of China” until there’s a deal. The biggest damage from the trade war is the hit to business activity and confidence…
Circulating in China’s Financial System: More Than $200 Billion in I.O.U.s
SHENZHEN, China — China was on the cusp of the biggest building boom the world had ever seen when Zhang Zhiyang started his architecture firm. It was 2007, and the money rushed in for contracts…
China yuan weakens after signs of stability calm markets
BEIJING — China’s yuan weakened again Wednesday after hopes among financial traders that the decline was stabilizing helped to calm jittery global markets. The currency edged down to 7.0488 to the … ( read original…
China suspends movies, stars from Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards
The China Film News, a magazine published by the China Film Administration, made the announcement on its official WeChat account. The move comes after the event, the Chinese-speaking world’s … ( read original story …)
China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards
The one-sentence announcement on the microblog of China Film News, a newspaper affiliated with government film regulator, gave no reason for the suspension, but it comes amid rising tensions over … ( read original story…
China Builders Weaken Debt Safeguards as Buyers Chase Yield
China’s central bank recently urged banks to “reasonably” control lending to the property sector, and said it will step up supervision of already highly leveraged developers. The recent slump in the … ( read original…
Lava, Micromax win in US-China trade war
India appears to have already started to benefit from the US-China trade war. US telco major AT&T along with rivals T-Mobile and Sprint have placed smartphone orders worth around Rs 2,500 crore … ( read…
China warns India of ‘reverse sanctions’ if Huawei is blocked
Two sources privy to internal discussions in New Delhi said India’s ambassador in Beijing, Vikram Misri, was called to the Chinese foreign ministry on July 10 to hear China’s concerns about the U.S. … (…
White House ‘incompetence’ on the U.S.-China trade war is concerning investors: William Cohan
and the US labeled China a currency manipulator. William Cohan, a former investment banker-turned-special correspondent at Vanity Fair, and the author of the book “Four Friends,” joined Yahoo … ( read original story …)