China is paying the deepest discounts in months for Russian ESPO light crude oil amid weak demand and poor refining margins, though the effective prices refiners pay could exceed a price cap imposed …
Monthly Archives For December 2022
China’s Xi Jinping Visiting Saudi Arabia Amid Bid To Boost Economy Weighed Down By COVID
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is attending a pair of regional summits in Saudi Arabia this week amid efforts to kick-start economic growth weighed down by strict anti-COVID-19 measures.
Cross-border e-commerce injects new impetus into China’s foreign trade
China’s State Council approved the establishment of comprehensive pilot zones for cross-border e-commerce in another 33 cities and regions across the country.
Shenzhen sees bright spot in BIPV
According to the government document, launched by the Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen, the city will promote the construction of BIPV (Building Integrated Photovoltaics) projects in …
Saudi’s MBS rolls out the red carpet for China’s Xi, in a not too subtle message to Biden
When Chinese President Xi Jinping lands in Riyadh in the coming hours Saudi leaders are expected to receive him with the pomp and circumstance normally reserved for the kingdom’s most strategic ally,
‘The protest of our generation’: China’s first-time demonstrators try to find a voice
First-time protesters in China grapple with how much agency they can wrest from an authoritarian government after the largest demonstrations since 1989.
Man in China fined $478 for reclining his train seat
A court in Hunan province orders a rail traveler who reclined his train seat and broke a fellow passenger’s laptop to pay compensation because he should have asked before leaning back.
What Has Changed About China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Policy
The Chinese government ordered officials to cut back on mass testing and hair-trigger regional lockdowns, in a pivot from stringent pandemic rules.
China Makes Big Stride in Easing Covid-19 Rules, Giving Markets Hope
Health authorities announced additional measures Wednesday to loosen long-running and stringent virus-containment policies, including a nationwide allowance for most cases to quarantine at home.
China COVID changes: what you need to know
The major changes to China’s COVID-19 policy.
China’s relaxed COVID restrictions suggest it will reopen sooner than expected—but ‘millions of daily new cases’ will likely disrupt its economic recovery
Analysts are warning of a “bumpy,” “zigzagging” recovery since China’s COVID cases and deaths will likely spike.
China’s property sector support fails to lure bond investors
The battered bonds of Chinese property developers are showing tentative signs of a rebound after Beijing’s measures to support the cash-strapped sector, but long-term investors are keeping away until …
China announces nationwide loosening of Covid curbs
China on Wednesday announced nationwide loosening of coronavirus restrictions allowing home quarantine for covid close contacts and scrapping covid test rule i …
