In a letter sent to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday, nearly 30 major business groups, from the agriculture to the semiconductor and …
Monthly Archives For August 2021
China’s Ban on Taiwan Pineapples Backfires as New Buyers Step In
China’s surprise ban on pineapple imports from Taiwan five months ago was widely viewed as an attempt to undermine President Tsai Ing-wen’s standing with a political constituency. Trade data show the …
How Canada Goose, Moncler, & Bosideng Created A Puffer-Oligopoly In China
China’s $18 billion down apparel market is dominated by Canada Goose, Moncler, and homegrown conglomerate Bosideng — but for how long?
Chinese Tesla rival Li Auto will aim to raise US$1.5 billion in Hong Kong IPO, surpassing its Nasdaq listing last year
Li Auto has become the second Chinese electric vehicle maker to seek a dual-listing in Hong Kong after its Guangzhou-based rival Xpeng, which raised US$1.8 billion in July.
WHO calls China to allow for new probe amidst US’ claim Corona modified at Wuhan lab
Amidst the WHO’s calling for China to allow for the phase two probe into the origin of Covid-19, a top Texas Republican on the House of Foreign ..|News Track …
IOC, Thomas Bach decline to denounce detention of Uyghurs in China ahead of Beijing Olympics
The International Olympic Committee and chairman Thomas Bach skirted a question about human rights concerns in China on Friday. During a news conference in Tokyo, Associated Press reporter Stephen …
Once a tool for diplomacy, table tennis now viewed by China as so much more
Fifty years ago, the simple game of table tennis helped mend the frayed relationship between China and the U.S.Today, the game that gave rise to “ping …
China Merchants Bank wins a top award for Huawei ADN solution
China Merchants Bank has been named one of the best banking leaders at the 2021 Financial Insights Innovation Awards for a solution implemented with Huawei.
China’s GDP growth in second half of 2021 faces some downside risks: Nomura
Robert Subbaraman of Nomura lowers the bank’s forecast of China’s GDP growth to 5.1% in the third quarter and 4.4% in the fourth quarter. The Chinese economy faces some pressure from Covid resurgence …
China’s SMIC raises revenue expectations following strong Q2
China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) reported strong sales of $1.34 billion in the second quarter of 2021 and raised its revenue expectations for the whole year, …
Margaret Zhang’s First Vogue China Cover Is Here
Many new faces feature in this September issue which is the first time readers can get a sense for where Zhang plans to take the magazine.
Huarong Investors Brace for Long-Awaited Financial Results
Four months after China Huarong Asset Management Co. shocked bondholders by failing to announce its 2020 results, the bad-debt manager may finally be on the cusp of unveiling its financial statements.
China’s debt reduction like putting the ‘genie back in the bottle’, but can it succeed to aid the economy?
China’s economy has largely recovered from the impact of the coronavirus, but its debt surged in 2020, forcing Beijing to set the bar higher for infrastructure projects amid rising risks of defaults …
