Data fail to capture surging imports of packages that are exempt from tariffs.
Monthly Archives For June 2022
China launches the Fujian, its largest and most advanced aircraft carrier
China launched its third and most advanced aircraft carrier on Friday, state media reported, a move that will help Beijing in its effort to project military power around the region.
Residents say China used health tracker for crowd control
Angry bank customers who traveled to a city in central China attempting to retrieve their savings from troubled rural banks were stopped in their tracks by a common technology: a QR code.
EXPLAINER: Why is China denying Hong Kong was a UK colony?
Hong Kong is preparing to introduce new middle school textbooks that will deny the Chinese territory was ever a British colony. China’s Communist rulers say the semi-autonomous city and the nearby …
China launches third aircraft carrier, named after province opposite Taiwan
China launched its third aircraft carrier on Friday, the Fujian, named after the province opposite self-ruled Taiwan, sending a statement of intent to rivals as it modernises its military.
EXCLUSIVE-China firms in advanced talks with Qatar for gas field stakes, LNG offtake – sources
The Qatari supply deal will help China create a buffer against spot price volatility and diversify its imports; relations with two major suppliers, the United States and Australia, are at a low point, …
Growing Discontent With Beijing’s COVID Policies
Difficult to gauge in a country without political polling, but there does seem to be an almost palpable sense of opportunity lost. The Whack-A-Mole …
Beijing and Moscow vie for Uzbekistan
China’s Belt and Road as a flywheel for Uzbek infrastructure. Work on the Beijing-Biškek-Taškent railway begins in September. Moscow (AsiaNews) – An analysis published by Rosbalt.ru spells out …
China likely to keep lending benchmark LPR unchanged amid global central bank tightening
About 90% of traders and analysts in a Reuters survey expected China to keep benchmark interest rates unchanged at its monthly fixing on Monday, as global cen …
Xi Claims Victory in Anti-Graft Campaign Targeting China’s Banks
China’s Politburo declared its anti-corruption dragnet of financial institutions a success, in a potential sign of relief for the $59 trillion sector. The powerful Communist Party body led by …
China Budget Dilemma Is Whether to Boost Debt or Slow Growth
China’s local governments are caught in an unexpectedly severe budget squeeze, creating a dilemma for officials over whether to boost debt or tolerate weaker economic growth.Most Read from …
China’s market continues to have magnetic effect on foreign capital
The fresh outburst of COVID-19 cases in China has once again given the Western media an opportunity to hype up talk of the “flight” of foreign capital from China. However, more than 250 of the…
Syngenta Weighs $10 Billion Shanghai IPO Before Year-End, Sources Say
Mega-IPOs still to come include Volkswagen AG … Syngenta was reorganized after China National Chemical, or ChemChina as it is known, acquired the company for $43 billion in 2017, clinching China’s …
