Fitch Ratings expects rising consumer lending activity in China to support consumption growth, despite near-term regulatory tightening for online microloans (OM). Corporates’ increasing exposure to … ( read original story …)
Monthly Archives For January 2021
Ford to start building electric Mustangs in China
Ford is to start building its iconic Mustang cars in China for the first time. The US carmaker said its Mustang Mach-E will start being produced there later this year as it looks to tap…
US-China tensions: Military flashpoints in Taiwan, Japan and South China Sea that could shape Biden’s entire China strategy
Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled. ( read original story …)
How Covid-19 vaccines can shape China and India’s global influence
Both India and China have developed local Covid-19 vaccines while India’s Serum Institute is also producing one from AstraZeneca and Oxford University. ( read original story …)
How experts will hunt for coronavirus origins in China
Scientists hope that information on the earliest known cases of the new coronavirus will help them better understand where it came from and prevent similar pandemics in the future. ( read original story …)
China Boosts Cadres in Hong Kong by 100, as Beijing Tightens Supervision of City, Media Report
China sent an extra 100 cadres to work in its top Hong Kong office in the past year to make sure the city was ruled by patriots, the South China Morning Post said on Friday.…
US-China tensions: Three Pacific military flashpoints that could shape Biden’s China strategy
Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled. ( read original story …)
Four of China’s biggest cities scramble to knock a real estate bull run off its pace amid fear of risk and bubbling debt
China’s home sales defied the Covid-19 pandeic and rose 8.7 per cent last year, with the average price soaring for 33 consecutive months. Such lofty heights are raising concerns among policymakers … ( read original…
China Says It Will End All Patent Subsidies
Weeks after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a report saying the soaring number of Chinese patent applications is likely due to government subsidies, China’s intellectual property … ( read original story …)
China expresses opposition to USITC decision on wood products
China strongly opposes the United States International Trade Commission’s decision stating wood moldings and other millwork from China harm the US wood product industry, according to its Ministry of … ( read original story …)
China’s Geely to help bankroll Faraday Future SPAC deal: sources
Chinese automaker Geely will be an anchor investor in a plan by U.S. electric vehicle firm Faraday Future to go public through a merger with a blank-check acquisition company, two people familiar with … (…
CBDCs: China’s Digital Currency Might Raise Financial Privacy Issues, National Security Concerns, Political Power Challenge for US
CBDCs: China’s digital currency might raise financial privacy issues, national security concerns, political power challenge for US. ( read original story …)
Inland officials remember airlift from coronavirus epicenter in China one year later
The morning of Jan. 29, 2020, the Inland Empire — and the rest of the world — watched as a plane carrying 195 Americans from the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in China landed at…
