Profits at China’s industrial firms grew for the fourth straight month in August, buoyed in part by a rebound in commodities prices and equipment manufacturing, the statistics bureau said on Sunday. ( read original story…
Monthly Archives For September 2020
China’s industrial profits grow 19.1% y/y in August
Profits at China’s industrial firms grew 19.1% year-on-year in August to 612.81 billion yuan, the statistics bureau said on Sunday, as the vast manufacturing sector extended its recovery from heavy … ( read original story…
China Is Carrying a Small Stick
There’s a reason it hasn’t followed through on so many of its blistering threats of economic retaliation against the U.S. ( read original story …)
China Expands Investment Scope for Foreign Investors Under Combined Scheme
China moved to further ease foreign access to its capital markets on Friday, officially combining two major inbound investment schemes and broadening the scope for foreign institutional investment. ( read original story …)
China is doubling down on its territorial claims: here’s what you need to know
Since taking power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has helped cement China’s position as a global superpower — and pushed forward an aggressive foreign policy, making bolder moves in several … ( read original…
China’s foreign minister may visit Japan as early as October – NHK
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit Japan as early as October for talks with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, public broadcaster NHK reported. ( read original story …)
China Rebuked by West at U.N. Rights Forum on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
Western powers called on China on Friday to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held. The rare…
TOM TUGENDHAT MP: Beijing wants to do with loans what the Soviet Union failed to achieve with tanks
Around the world, the Communist rulers of China are planting flags with the speed of a Victorian adventurer claiming lands and seas that others once thought their own. ( read original story …)
Why US won’t ‘decouple’ from China in finance
Does the United States really want to decouple from China in the financial industry? Presumably, the answer is “No”. The US administration’s recent actions against short video-sharing app TikTok, … ( read original story …)
What Manila can study: Shenzhen, HK, GBA Next-Stage High-Growth Plan
It is a planned retransformation of part of the Pearl River Delta region, where, in the “reform and opening-up” vision of Deng Xiaoping, the sleepy fishing village town of Shenzhen with 30,000 people … (…
As U.S., China Squabble at U.N., a Plea – and Warning – From One of World’s Smallest States
From One of World’s Smallest States NEW YORK (Reuters) – As China and the United States feuded at the United Nations this week over COVID-19 and climate, one of the world’s smallest states pleaded for…
Beijing Autoshow: Great Wall to boost overseas sales, countering overall drop
Great Wall Motor aims to boost overseas sales this year, an official at China’s top pickup truck maker said on Saturday, helping to ease an overall drop caused by COVID-19. ( read original story …)
Beijing Motor Show: First major trade show event since COVID-19
Electric vehicles and cars using AI and web technology are in the spotlight this year. ( read original story …)