China raised export tariffs on unwrought primary aluminium and alloy at the start of this year after a rare burst of export activity in the first part of 2022. The country, which was a huge…
Monthly Archives For February 2023
China’s Company Law – How Could the New Draft Revisions Impact Businesses?
New amendments to the China Company Law seek to optimize the business environment in China. Here’s what companies need to know.
Taiwanese Leader Denounces Beijing’s ‘Assault on Religion’
Just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to China in an attempt to improve relations, Taiwan’s top legislative leader was in …
Significant breakthroughs unlikely as Blinken visits Beijing
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will visit Beijing this weekend. Photograph: Tang Chhin Sothy/ It is against this backdrop that the United States’ top diplomat, secretary of state Antony Blinken …
US general’s ‘gut’ feeling of war with China sparks alarm over predictions
Leaked memo forecasting Taiwan strait conflict in 2025 triggers debate about ‘undisciplined’ comments …
China is paralysing global debt-forgiveness efforts
But the global infrastructure for dealing with irresponsible and unlucky economies is in crisis. China’s lending, growing for two decades, has reached a critical mass. Western financiers are in a …
Bank of China ex-advisor calls Beijing to reconsider crypto ban
Huang Yiping, a former PBoC monetary policy adviser, believes that China should consider whether the ban on crypto trading is sustainable.
Tesla’s bitcoin holdings fell nearly $1.8 billion in value last year, as Elon Musk called crypto a ‘sideshow’
A bloodbath for crypto in 2022 saw Tesla’s $1.5 billion bet on bitcoin backfire, as Elon Musk’s carmaker dumped at least 75% of its position.
China’s e-commerce market sees at least 89 platforms close in 2022 amid Covid-19 controls, fierce competition, weak spending
Online shopping guide sites were the hardest hit, with 32 of these platforms shut down to account for about 36 per cent of overall casualties in 2022 The highest-profile e-commerce casualty last year …
Generics: a missing piece in China’s Covid-19 crisis response
The voices of people in China, whose outcries led to the country loosening its severe lockdown policies, could be a powerful force in helping gain access to foreign-made generic medicines.
China to expand imports of quality products in 2023: official
China will appropriately expand imports this year with strengthened cooperation with trading partners, an official said Thursday. Li Xingqian, an official of the Ministry of Commerce, told a press …
Taiwan’s Ex-President On China, Nuclear Power And ‘The Most Stupid Policy In The World’
An exclusive Q&A with Ma Ying-jeou, the controversial former president from the opposition party to the current government.
China’s border reopening sparks demand for Singapore property
Real estate agencies in the city state have seen more inquiries from mainland Chinese buyers, who made up 6.9 per cent of foreign purchases of private flats last year.
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