China’s export boom is expected to ebb in April as the country’s stringent Covid-19 control measures disrupted factory output and the domestic supply chain. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street …
Monthly Archives For May 2022
Michael Pavitt: Can sport bet on China to host events after fresh COVID-19 postponements?
One of the lasting thoughts when leaving China after the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was “how exactly do they get out of this?” …
China market loses its shine for private equity investors as nation’s economy slows, zero-Covid-19 policy remains in force
For a long time, China was a gold mine for venture capitalists. Many investors reaped the rewards from solid bets on internet titans such as Alibaba Group Holding in e-commerce, Tencent Holdings in …
Covid-19 surge in China: Shanghai tightens lockdown, Beijing adopts mass testing to stem outbreak
Shanghai/Beijing: Shanghai authorities were tightening the city-wide COVID lockdown they imposed more than a month ago, prolonging into late May an ordeal that China`s capital Beijing was desperate to …
Sri Lanka in talks with Beijing-backed bank for $100 million emergency aid
Finance Minister Ali Sabry stated that hit hard by the pandemic, rising oil prices and populist tax cuts by the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the South Asian island’s economy is in …
China: two financial journalists sentenced to jail terms
RSF urges Chinese authorities to release two financial journalists sentenced last month to jail terms for the simple act of revealing the existence of an investigation against the chairman of Yili …
Saudis cut oil prices from record highs amid Covid-19 lockdowns in China
Saudi Arabia cut oil prices for buyers in Asia as coronavirus lockdowns in China weigh on demand, countering uncertainty around Russia’s supplies as the Ukraine war drags on. Saudi Aramco is lowering …
China censors US publication focusing on the video surveillance industry
RSF condemns the Chinese authorities’ decision last Friday to block IP Video Market (IPVM), a US-based website that focuses on the video surveillance industry, after it reported on China’s deployment …
China to install hardline former security chief as Hong Kong’s new leader
“We cannot afford to wait, we cannot be late. “We will have to consolidate Hong Kong as an international city to develop Hong Kong’s potential as a free and open society, to connect the mainland…
Market Share of Chinese Brand Vehicles In China Reached 42.9% In Q1 2022
At the Shanghai Auto Show on April 19, 2017, Porsche’s executives frowned upon the Zotye SR9 when it was unveiled since it was essentially a duplicate of the Porsche Macan. Geely’s high-end brand Lynk …
Shenzhen-listed firms see steady performances in 2021
Companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange recorded steady performances last year, data from the bourse showed. The operating revenue of these firms totaled 18.3 trillion yuan (about 2.8 trillion …
China Must Shed Light on the Suspicious Death of Former Editor-in-Chief of News Front Magazine
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Chinese authorities to investigate the suspicious death six months ago of a former Editor-in-Chief of News Front, a People’s Daily Group magazine.
China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war
The director of the CIA said that Chinese president Xi Jinping had been “unsettled” by the war in Ukraine, which had demonstrated that the friendship between Beijing and Moscow had “limits” at a time …
