Russia’s role in mediating between China and India should not be overlooked, a leading Chinese scholar on regional geopolitics has said, weeks after the Russian and Indian leaders greeted each other …
Monthly Archives For January 2022
Is China’s Horn of Africa peace drive a sign of growing confidence on the world stage?
China’s pledge to appoint a Horn of Africa peace envoy has been interpreted by some regional observers as an “official” move away from its traditional position of non-intervention in other countries’ …
Thanks to COVID, China’s New Currency Is the Potato | Opinion
The People’s Republic of China has a new currency. It’s called the Potato. University students in Xian prefer to take potatoes over cash for tutoring services, Charles Burton, a China watcher at the …
UTStarcom, China Unicom Partner to Develop 5G Transport Network Solution
UTStarcom, a global telecommunications infrastructure provider, this week announced progress with China Unicom Research …
China Sees Covid Cases Across Country, Even After Xi’an’s Drop
China’s delta variant-fueled Covid-19 outbreak isn’t showing signs of easing, with cases now cropping up elsewhere in the country and technology hub Shenzhen on high alert, despite a dropoff in the …
China central bank makes biggest weekly cash withdrawal since November
SHANGHAI: China’s central bank injected minimal cash via short-term loans into the banking system on Friday (Jan 7), effectively withdrawing most of the liquidity support lent towards end-2021. The …
Is China decoupling from the global economy? Evidence shows otherwise
The divergence of China’s economic policies and performance from the rest of the world, particularly the West, has fed the decoupling narrative But global trade and investment flows show the opposite …
China plans to relax “three red lines” to encourage state-led property M&A – REDD
Chinese policymakers plan to exclude debt accrued from acquiring distressed assets when calculating property developers’ compliance with the “three red lines”, financial intelligence provider REDD …
Export of dragon fruit to China by sea freight
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam suggested that Binh Thuan, Tien Giang and Long An provinces join hands to promote dragon fruit exports to China by sea freight.
The Amount of Illicit Crypto Activity is Actually Miniscule, Says New Research
Here’s a lesson in being way, way, way, way, way, way off the mark. Last year, testifying before the Senate, US Treasury Secretary Janet …
Tencent-backed car-services platform Tuhu to move planned IPO to Hong Kong from the US
The start-up is looking to raise US$300 million to US$400 million, but it has become the latest Chinese internet platform to change IPO plans amid a tough regulatory environment.
China’s interest in Kazakhstan is mostly economic in nature, says strategist
Rachel Ziemba of Ziemba Insights discusses the unrest between Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as China’s perspective as one of … time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business …
For first time, Beijing’s GDP tops 4 trillion yuan
Beijing’s annual gross domestic product exceeded 4 trillion yuan ($630 billion) for the first time in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 8.5 percent, Chen Jining, mayor of the capital, said on Thursday …
