China is on the brink of a water catastrophe. A multiyear drought could push the country into an outright water crisis. Such an outcome would not only have a significant effect on China’s grain and…
Monthly Archives For August 2022
China property crisis: why the housing market is collapsing – and the risks to the wider economy
China has been trimming interest rates recently – in contrast to other major economies – as it tries to stem the economic effects of its zero-COVID policy and address a growing property crisis. The …
China’s property market is in freefall. What does this mean for the world economy?
The sector is dangerously overheated – but unlike the 2008 financial crisis, the global ripple effect is likely to be limited, says professor of economics Keyu Jin …
China’s emergence as an EV powerhouse has been a long time coming
American ingenuity may have initially ushered in the EV era, but it’s been China’s relentless commoditization of the technology that has put the asian nation’s automakers at the forefront of the …
Chinese telcos add 23.4 million 5G subscribers in July
Local operators have already deployed over 1.97 million 5G base stations across China according to recent official data …
China Index Holdings Announces Receipt of Non-Binding “Going Private” Proposal
China Index Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: CIH), (“CIH” or the “Company”), a leading real estate information and analytics service platform provider in China, today announced that its board of directors …
Problems In China Is A Risk To All Semiconductor Names, Especially Qualcomm
Qualcomm’s heavy reliance on China creates risks as the country may be entering a recession due to its real estate bubble. Read more.
Has Xi Jinping Stopped Caring About China’s Economy?
Surveys of economists suggest that China’s growth will slow to around … effective immediately; no new business permits will be issued, and existing services must be converted to non-profit …
Taiwan Determined to Defend Itself Against China, President Says
At the top of a meeting with visiting former U.S. officials and foreign policy experts from Stanford’s Hoover Institution, Tsai Ing-wen also praised Ukrainians for “standing up to fight for and defend …
Tencent acquires patent for blockchain-created missing persons poster
Tencent, one of the leading technology companies in China, has received a patent for a blockchain-based missing persons poster.
Bosch-backed self-driving startup WeRide weighing IPO, report says
Backed by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance and Guangzhou, WeRide received a strategic investment from Bosch in May as part of a partnership to jointly develop autonomous driving software.
China punishes 27 people over ‘tragically ugly’ illustrations in maths textbook
Investigation finds the books did not ‘properly reflect the sunny image of China’s children’ …
Ex-China Development Bank VP tried in open court amid anti-graft push in banking
Beijing’s No.3 Intermediate People’s Court held an open trial for He Xingxiang, former vice president of the China Development Bank (CDB), for taking bribes, illegally issuing financial notes, …
