“War is the realm of chance,” said Carl von Clausewitz, who knew more about the matter than most of us. “No other human activity is so continuously or universally bound up with it.” Even with…
Monthly Archives For May 2022
China’s Yuan expected to weaken further amid COVID lockdown
China Yuan is expected to weaken further over the coming weeks as signs emerge that China central bank is preparing further interest rate cuts to prop up th …
China’s Latest Lockdowns Bring Shipping Headaches, and a Silver Lining
U.S. port and inland freight delays have eased. Vessel delays into L.A./Long Beach, while still high, are half of what they were late last year. The chassis shortage is easing, and rail moves are …
China’s ‘perfect storm’ to blow into European IPO market
Buried under the recent news of war in Ukraine and inflation everywhere else, the slowing of Chinese economic growth could yet prove to be the greatest — and most widely ignored — threat to European…
Coach-Owner Tapestry Beat Expectations Despite Sales Dip in China
Tapestry just posted better-than-expected results for the third quarter, despite industry-wide headwinds that impacted its bands.
China has gained nothing from Ukraine war and it will only prompt further breaches of international rules, says leading scholar
China has not benefited from the war in Ukraine, which is going to undermine the international legal framework, a leading Chinese international affairs scholar has said. Yan Xuetong, dean of the …
China Paying a Price for Xi’s Zero-COVID Policy
China’s recent trade figures show China is already paying a real price for Secretary Xi Jinping’s approach to managing the COVID-19 outbreak …
China envoy says ties with Philippines to strengthen under Marcos
MANILA, May 12 (Reuters) – Relations between the Philippines and China will become stronger under the Southeast Asian country’s incoming president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, China’s ambassador to Manila …
Chinese-speaking voters critical of Coalition’s ‘militaristic’ stance on China in lead-up to 2022 election, WeChat study shows
Labor also faces criticism, but Albanese is gaining ground in news coverage on Chinese social media platform, research finds …
China continues ‘zero-COVID’ tactics despite economic slump
China’s leaders are struggling to reverse a deepening economic slump without giving up a “zero-COVID” strategy that shut down Shanghai and other cities.
China’s zero-covid industrial complex
P RESIDENT XI JINPING’S zero-covid policy has been a plague on China’s firms and a headache for Western ones reliant on its suppliers and consumers. The 25m residents of Shang …
‘No escape’ for emerging markets from China slowdown
China’s zero-Covid policy is expected to take at least a percentage point off its growth this year, BNP Paribas’ Marcelo Carvalho told us – and some emerging markets will find it hard to avoid …
China achieved unprecedented sci-tech advancement in past decade China achieved unprecedented sci-tech advancement in past decade
China’s sci-tech progressed faster in the last 10 years than any other decade in history, Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Meng said at a press conference in Beijing on Thursday. “China’s …
