Due to the complex method of manufacturing these components, the technology remains concentrated with certain players only which makes it a lucrative target for China. Second, the focus on memory …
Monthly Archives For February 2022
China’s inflation slows, giving central bank room to ease
… has scope to cut interest rates and pump liquidity into the financial system People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, in Beijing, China. A moderation in inflation in recent months has …
Coronavirus: China’s Diamond Imports Bounce Back
(IDEX Online) – China imported $1.58bn of polished diamonds in the first half of 2021, as it bounced back from two years of pandemic decline and increased efforts to halt smuggling. That figure is …
Downturn in crypto market may hurt other asset classes, says Mark Mobius
Millions feel rich because of the money they made in crypto so when cryptocurrencies go down … I wish India was as big as China now because then the EM index won’t have gone down.…
Beijing Covid bubble: We are in the same Olympic city but remain a world apart
Two months ago, I called my grandma to tell her I’d be in Beijing for the Winter Olympics. She was thrilled. But I explained that even though we’d be in the same city, I wouldn’t…
China’s Xi: Control of Hong Kong surge is ‘overriding task’
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s leader Xi Jinping took a personal interest in Hong Kong’s outbreak, saying it was the local government’s “overriding task” to control the situation, a Hong Kong newspaper said …
China to work with Asian peers to boost use of local currencies in trade
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will work with Indonesia and other Asian countries to promote the use of local currencies in trade and investment, the People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said on …
China’s Xi sets Hong Kong’s leaders ‘overriding mission’ to control COVID – media
HONG KONG, Feb 16 (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping has told Hong Kong’s leaders that their “overriding mission” was to stabilise and control a worsening COVID-19 outbreak, media reported on …
Winter Olympics: GB women curlers’ play-off hopes in danger after China loss
Only the top four teams progress to the next round. China had only won two of their seven matches, so Muirhead’s rink were in a good position to take control of their own destiny. However,…
China accounts for one seventh of British imports in 2021: The Telegraph
“Dependency on China has steadily grown over the past decade and reached a record high of 14 pct of total imports in 2021.” LONDON, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Britain relied on China more than ever…
No big bang for China-into-US IPOs
Life is slowly returning to the China-US listings market … Chinese government may exercise significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of our business and may intervene in or influence our …
Culture Applied, Corona Lessons
On this measure of transparency much of the corona crisis has failed (starting in China 😀), resulting in series of protests, blockades and the like. Politicians only need to point at themselves.
China-U.S. monetary policy divergence aids yuan stability – ex-regulator
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Increasingly divergent monetary policies between China and the United States would help rein in an excessive rise in the yuan by reducing foreign money inflows, a former Chinese …
