The blow to China’s economy from the delta variant outbreak deepened in the past two weeks, according to high-frequency data. Deterioration on the demand side in late July an …
Monthly Archives For August 2021
China’s digital yuan ambitions raise more questions than answers
As countries experiment with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), China is the only large economy with an actively deployed CBDC: the digital yuan, or e-CNY. China’s central bank recently …
Former HKEX boss Charles Li’s new platform aims to provide finance to 10,000 small companies in mainland China
Micro Connect, set up by Charles Li, may need to raise up to 10 billion yuan (US$1.5 billion) from global investors as it aims to provide much-needed funds to small businesses in mainland China.
ETF Weekender: JPMorgan’s $10 Billion Switch and Cathie Wood on China
Welcome to the ETF Weekender, your round-up of the biggest and most interesting stories from one of the hottest corners of Wall Street. In the week when Wall Street really started to fret over the…
China’s Henan reports 5 new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases
Central China’s Henan Province reported five new locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, eight new asymptomatic carriers on Saturday, the provincial health commission said Sunday. The new …
China Bonds Face Week of Reckoning as Loans, Key Data Come Due
The rally in China’s government bonds has cooled as traders pared bets for further policy easing. Data in the coming days may help determine if the gains are revived.The first clue on the rate outlook…
China reports 53 new coronavirus cases for Aug 14 vs 66 day earlier
China on Sunday reported 53 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland for Aug. 14, compared with 66 a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission. Of the new infections, 24 were …
How Information Technology Investment Affects Green Innovation in Chinese Heavy Polluting Enterprises
Promoting green innovation is an effective way to solve the increasingly serious environmental pollution problems in emerging economies. Information technology is constantly changing the operation …
UNC215, an alleged China-linked APT group targets Israel orgs
China-linked threat actors UNC215 targeted Israeli organizations in a long-running campaign and used false flags to trick victims into believing the attacks was from Iran. A China-linked cyber-espiona …
China’s influence on the WHO is a wake-up call for the West
The simple facts about Covid-19 are that a virus originating in China in late 2019 has so far caused 4.3 million reported deaths worldwide, and probably many more.
U.S. border agents say they’re seizing counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards from China ‘every night’
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Memphis, Tenn, have seized thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards so far this year.
Why Alibaba’s Joe Tsai gets to party but Jack Ma is punished by China
Joe Tsai is living the billionaire high life while watching his words about China to avoid the same fate as his business partner who “disappeared.” …
China Has Thousands of Hydropower Projects It Doesn’t Want
China is trying to wean its massive economy off coal and fossil fuels to meet its ambitious goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2060. So why is it trying to shut down as many as…
