Chinese jets cross the Taiwan Strait’s median line and warships shadow each other as Beijing’s military drills continue around the island.
Monthly Archives For August 2022
China’s export growth gains steam despite weakening global demand
China’s export growth unexpectedly picked up speed in July, offering an encouraging boost to the economy as its struggles to recover from a sharp, COVID-induced slump, though imports remained sluggish …
China’s July coal imports surge 24% to meet peak power load
A temperature spike across the country drove up the use of air conditioning as power generators increased purchases to provide for peak summer electricity demand.
China’s July soybean imports slide amid poor crush margins, weaker demand
China’s soybean imports in July fell 9.1% from a year earlier, customs data showed on Sunday, as poor crushing margins and weaker consumption in the world’s largest buyer of the oilseed reduced …
China July copper imports rise on-year as price slump spurs buying
China’s imports of copper rose 9.3 per cent from a year earlier, customs data on Sunday showed, as a sharp drop in the price of the metal triggered buying appetite amid falling domestic inventories.
China’s once-booming clothing markets face a reckoning amid post-pandemic e-commerce shift as sales dry up
Before the pandemic, Shanghai’s Qipu Road Clothing Market saw 100,000 daily visitors, but the hallways are now quiet and many shops have closed Merchants are protesting high rents and grappling with …
Smoke on the water: Is China going ballistic over chips?
The overheated campaign of intimidation may partly be in response to the US moving Taiwanese chip manufacturers to other locations to secure its supplies and scuttle China …
US allies rattled by China’s aggressive response to Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
Ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan this week, there was concern from the White House to Tokyo that the US House Speaker’s trip would spark a crisis at a time when relations with China…
China is set to go Chinese – use Chinese chips or pay 400% more
The recent action of the U.S. against China is now making the Chinese government think more. As we all know, in the increasingly complex smartphone market, self-research is the foundation of …
China envoy: Import ban, stalled talks legitimate response to Pelosi Taiwan visit
“The Chinese government has every right to do whatever [is] necessary and justified to resolutely uphold our sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Ambassador Huang said in a statement.
China’s July exports grow 18.0pc, imports up 2.3pc
China’s exports grew 18.0 per cent in July from a year earlier, the fastest pace since January 2022 and beating analysts’ expectations, while imports …
China’s Export Growth Beats Expectations, Offering Support
China’s exports grew faster than expected in July, bucking expectations waning global demand would weigh on trade and providing support for an economy battling sporadic Covid outbreaks and a property …
China’s $84b IPO boom defies the world
An average 43 per cent return may be why initial public offerings in China this year dwarf traditional financial centres such as New York and London.
