Nearly a yearlong bull run among industrial metals is faltering as the unwinding of a massive stimulus in China slows demand, underscoring the increasingly pivotal role its state-led economy plays in … ( read original…
Monthly Archives For March 2021
Iran, China and the United States
US foreign policy guru Henry Kissinger offered the Biden administration valuable advice when he urged it to reach an understanding with China on a new global order to ensure stable relations and avoid … (…
China inks 25-year oil investment deal with Iran, straining U.S. ties
The latest alliance between Beijing and Tehran is a challenge to U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration as it sets about trying to rally allies against China, which Secretary of State Antony … ( read original…
Bash pushes Blinken on repercussions for China’s management of Covid-19
Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested the Biden administration would not take punitive action against China for its handling of the Covid-19 outbreak and instead stressed the importance of … ( read original story …)
UK chambers removes Xinjiang genocide opinion after China sanctions
A UK barristers’ chambers has sought to distance the majority of its members from a legal opinion written by four of its lawyers that implicated the Chinese government in “genocide” in Xinjiang after … (…
Russia Trumpets Vaccine Exports, While Quietly Importing Doses
Russia has held up the Sputnik vaccine as a triumph of its scientists. But the country’s inoculation program still relies on cross-border trade. ( read original story …)
Cross-border IPO boom is rich in promise — and peril
Investors have been pouring into cross-border US listings, in which far-flung companies sell shares on the NYSE and Nasdaq. Just as in the dotcom era some people are becoming very rich, but others may ……
Blinken suggests US won’t take punitive action against China over coronavirus outbreak
Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested the Biden administration would not take punitive action against China for its handling of the Covid-19 outbreak and instead stressed the importance of … ( read original story …)
Jack Ma’s Ant demands bigger fees to rebuild valuation after pulled IPO
Ant is still looking for an IPO and it wants to improve its valuation that has taken … Ant’s fee rise also underscored the challenges faced by Beijing in taming the fintech champion, whose dominance…
China sanctions the U.S., Canadian officials over Xinjiang
A statement from the Foreign Ministry says the head of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Gayle Manchin will be barred from visiting mainland China, Hong Kong or Macao, and for … ( read…
China ramps up financial supports for solar companies to accelerate deployment
China is to ramp up its support of domestic solar companies in a bid to fast-track development in the country. ( read original story …)
Can China prevent a US-style collapse of its manufacturing sector?
Manufacturing’s contribution to GDP has been in free fall since 2006 and alarm bells are starting to ring, experts say. ( read original story …)
New trade representative says US isn’t ready to lift China tariffs
The U.S. isn’t ready to lift tariffs on Chinese imports in the near future, but might be open to trade negotiations with Beijing, according to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. ( read original story …)