China’s Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary next month, a chance for it to reinforce to a domestic audience how the party transformed the country into the world’s second-largest economy …
Monthly Archives For June 2021
Column: Supercycle, what supercycle? China’s commodity imports fail to impress: Russell
The bullish shine surrounding commodities may have lost some of its lustre, with imports in May by top buyer China looking distinctly unimpressive, and far from levels associated with a new supercycle …
Beijing’s South China Sea military presence grows amid US, Australian pushback
Satellite photos reveal a military radar surveillance aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft and an armed navy intelligence ship are at Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands.
Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China
Leaders of the world’s largest economies unveiled an infrastructure plan Saturday for the developing world to compete with China’s global initiatives, but they were searching for a consensus on how to …
G7 leaders agree on spending plan to rival China
The US and its allies have agreed a plan to counter China’s Belt and Road initiative …
G7 leaders join forces to tackle China’s growing hold over poorer countries by ploughing hundreds of millions of pounds into nations indebted to Beijing
Leaders of the G7 agreed to calls by US President Joe Biden to band together to compete with China, which since 2013 has been using its ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ to finance big projects in poor…
G7 leaders join forces to tackle China’s growing hold over countries
Leaders of the G7 agreed to calls by US President Joe Biden to band together to compete with China, which since 2013 has been using its ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ to finance big projects in…
Why businesses may have to ‘pick sides’ if China starts using anti-sanctions law
China will soon start targeting foreign and Chinese businesses under its new law to counter Western sanctions , effectively forcing them to “pick sides”, according to legal observers. They say the …
Trump Demands China ‘Pay Reparations’ for COVID, Says $10 Trillion Not Enough
“The entire world has been not only disrupted, but it’s almost been destroyed,” the former president said Saturday.
From Jack Ma to TikTok, why Beijing is taking back control of Chinese tech giants
Jack Ma may soon be just the funny memory of an extravagant entrepreneur in the business world. The former CEO of Alibaba is however the biggest Chinese boss …
World leaders grapple with how tough to be on China
The Group of Seven wealthy democracies tussled Saturday over how explicitly to admonish China over human rights in an upcoming joint declaration.In private meetings, public statements and background …
G7 leaders agree to combat China by setting up new fund to build infrastructure around the world
G7 leaders will launch an attempt to combat the rise of China by competing with the Asian superpower to fund infrastructure projects around the world. A new plan dubbed “Build Back Better for the …
China’s New Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law Sends A Chill Through The Business Community
It’s not clear how often or how broadly China will use the law. But by complying with U.S. sanctions on China, businesses could face tough sanctions in China as a penalty for doing so.
