Index provider FTSE Russell is set to decide on whether to include Chinese government bonds in its World Government Bond Index on Thursday, potentially opening the way for more foreign participation … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For September 2020
U.S.-China tensions not enough to derail markets: Strategist
As the U.S. election draws near, Daniel Gerard from State Street Global Markets goes through what to expect from U.S.-China tensions and markets going forward. ( read original story …)
China investors bet on volatility as U.S. presidential election heats up
Investors in China are betting on a bumpy ride until the end of the U.S. presidential election and seeking to protect their assets from a long chill in Sino-U.S. ties. Global equity fund managers ……
As China opens services sector, overseas businesses are invited to sell anti-censorship tools — but only to other foreign companies
Move will allow overseas operators to hold 50% stakes in joint ventures with Chinese firms to supply VPNs to foreign companies in Beijing. ( read original story …)
China Will Boost Investment in Strategic Industries: State Planner
China will accelerate development of new materials to ensure stable supply chains for aircraft, microelectronic manufacturing and deep-sea mining sectors, the National Development and Reform … ( read original story …)
China, in Pointed Message to U.S., Tightens Its Climate Targets
President Xi Jinping pledged, among other goals, to achieve “carbon neutrality by 2060.” It was China’s boldest promise yet on climate change. ( read original story …)
China ‘coercing’ thousands of Tibetans into mass labour camps: Report
China is coercing hundreds of thousands of people in Tibet into military-style vocational training centres, a study has warned. The report by the Jamestown Foundation is based on state media reports, … ( read original…
China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060
Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060. Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant … (…
India and China agree to stop sending troops to disputed Himalayan border
China and India on Monday agreed to stop sending more troops to their disputed border in the Himalayas, following an escalation in tensions between the two nuclear powers. ( read original story …)
“It’s China Virus, Corona Sounds Like A Beautiful Place In Italy”: Trump
US President Donald Trump has hit out at China for not stopping the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally, as he yet again used the term “China virus” and urged…
Coronavirus: why China has left its options open for WHO’s global vaccine plan
The deadline has passed for China to join a World Health Organization scheme to equitably distribute Covid-19 vaccines around the globe, as Beijing instead makes its own offers for shots being … ( read original…
Blacklisting U.S. Tech Would Highlight China’s Own Weakness
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Plans by China to draw up a blacklist of U.S. technology firms might sound great to hardliners as a retaliatory measure against Washington, but would most likely backfire. ( read original story…
China’s property developers seek to dodge new rules with shift of debt
China is tackling unbridled borrowing in the real estate development sector anew with caps for debt ratios. But sources at developers say a rush to get around the rules by moving more debt off balance…
