Some of China’s biggest and most affluent cities have introduced new administrative measures to stem runaway home prices, after a top banking regulator flagged concerns about a bubble in the domestic … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For March 2021
China fears overseas market ‘bubble’; German exports to UK down 30% in January – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news … ( read original story …)
‘Two sessions’ 2021: how China can fine-tune its dual circulation strategy to boost economic growth
Beijing has yet to address the policy distortions that have led to a decade-long growth slowdown, amplified by US decoupling measures. It needs to find a balance in allocating public investment and … ( read…
Raimondo has won confirmation, but the fight to restrict export technology to China continues
Although the United States is in a position of technological strength, we risk losing that position for the next generation of Americans if we inadvertently support the build-up an autocratic regime. ( read original story…
China’s Economy Slowly Edges Toward World Dominance
China powered its way out of the coronavirus lockdown of 2020, becoming the only major economy in the world to grow last year. Its share of global output increased at the fastest pace in decades, ……
Kazakhstan: Exporters lose money to China anti-coronavirus regime
Railway containers heading from Kazakhstan to the Chinese border have been stuck in logjams for months, dismaying exporters … ( read original story …)
China Bank to raise P100B for expansion program
China Banking Corp. is set to raise P100 billion through retail bonds or commercial papers that the lender will use to finance its expansion. In a regulatory filing on Thursday, China Bank said the ……
Hong Kong dropped from Economic Freedom Index as policies ‘controlled from Beijing’
Hong Kong has been excluded from the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom because its economic policies are controlled from Beijing, the Washington-based think tank said, removing Hong Kong … ( read original story …)
US vs China: Biden bets on alliances to push back against Beijing
The new administration believes it can develop a more effective China strategy if it can work closely with old friends … ( read original story …)
Climate change: Will China take a ‘great leap’ to a greener economy?
Tackling climate change may emerge as a key goal for China when it unveils its future economic roadmap in Beijing on Friday. The 14th five-year plan will be the blueprint for the country’s short-term ……
China has banned Taiwan’s pineapples. Taiwan says it’s not fair play
Beijing on Friday announced that it would temporarily stop imports of the tropical fruit from the island from March 1. ( read original story …)
ByteDance developing Clubhouse-like app for China amid copycat rush: sources
TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a Clubhouse-like app for China, sources familiar with the matter said, as the global success of the U.S.-based audio chat service inspires a rush of copycats in … (…
Taiwan’s economic minister weighs in on pineapple import ban by China
Taiwanese Economic Minister, Wang Mei-hua, says China’s recent ban on its pineapple exports likely “does not comply with international trade rules.” … ( read original story …)