Under Xi, the PRC has promoted its own networks of multilateral and bilateral strategic partnerships as positive-sum correctives to U.S.-led formal alliances, which Beijing consistently asserts drive …
Monthly Archives For September 2022
China gave tens of billions in secretive ‘emergency loans’ to vulnerable nations, emerging as world’s major creditor and IMF competitor
Since 2017, Beijing has given a collective $32.8 billion to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Argentina, indicating a shift from providing infrastructure to emergency loans.
The 21st century may not be China’s after all
China’s rise to global power is neither inevitable nor foreordained. But even an aging China with a slow-growing economy will be a powerful competitor.
China’s August iron ore imports rise 5.5% from prior month -customs
China’s imports of iron ore in August rose 5.5% from the prior month, customs data showed on Wednesday, even as operating rates at blast furnaces only slightly improved.
THERE IS NEED TO BAN CRYPTO CURRENCIES
Many countries have already banned crypto currencies Replying to a query in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply: “RBI is of the view that crypto currencies …
Chinese vice-president signs condolence book, lays wreaths for queen in Beijing
Wang Qishan stood for a moment of silence in front of the late monarch’s portrait at the British embassy in Beijing on Monday.
China’s property bust holds lessons for India
China’s property market is in its worst slump since private property markets were created in the country in the mid-1990s. Sales are stuck at 80 per cent of the pre-pandemic levels and, while they may…
Could China’s Yuan replace the U.S. dollar as the world’s dominant currency?
It’s also the third-largest trading nation in the world — behind only the U.S. and E.U. However, China’s currency — the renminbi — only accounts for 3 per cent of global trade. Compare that to…
Tech war: Why the US Nvidia chip ban is a direct threat to Beijing’s artificial intelligence ambitions
US export restrictions on Nvidia data centre GPUs could hit China’s most powerful artificial intelligence systems, which rely on such chips.
China’s Economy Needs More Stimulus. Beijing’s Room for Maneuver Is Limited.
This year has been particularly difficult as stubborn zero-Covid policies have ground the economy to a halt, further pushed by the bursting of the real estate bubble that had been China’s most …
Millions of people under lockdown for 1,100 cases. When will China’s zero-covid policy end?
Nearly 300 million people are under some form of covid lockdown in China. When will the government’s notoriously strict policy ease up?
China lists nearly 9,000 “little-giants” to become a bigger tech powerhouse than the U.S.
Amidst escalating tensions with the U.S., China wants to secure its supply chain and reduce dependencies on technology imports.
China’s New Space Station Has a Big Role to Play—Scientifically and Diplomatically
The Tiangong orbiting laboratory will fill a void the International Space Station will leave—both scientifically and diplomatically …
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