said China’s Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao at the opening ceremony. The third CICPE has more prominent features of green, healthy, smart and fashion consumption styles and will see over 1,000 …
Monthly Archives For April 2023
Senior Chinese diplomat heads to Australia and Fiji to pave way for Xi-Albanese talks in Beijing
China’s vice-foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu will visit Australia and Fiji this week ahead of anticipated visit to Beijing by Australian PM later this year.
US very ‘confident’ it can protect interests in South China Sea as China surrounds Taiwan
The U.S. is comfortable with its ability to protect American interests in the Indo-Pacific as the Chinese military threatens Taiwan’s integrity, the White House officials says.
The Future is Now: China, Russia revert to pre-1989 world and fundamentally challenge the US-led West
McDonald’s opened in Moscow. In the early 1990s, McDonald’s opened more than 4,000 restaurants in China. Business experts noted that at the time “one-fifth” of the world’s potential Coke drinkers and McDonald’s diners resided in…
US House committee chair ‘concerned’ by Tesla deals in China
Three sources at large U.S. companies, from technology to retail, told Reuters they are anxious about the prospect of their executives being called to testify about business operations in China and face questions such as…
China in the IMF crossfire: Face-off between US and Beijing brings lending programmes to a crashing halt, writes ALEX BRUMMER
This week’s spring jamboree for finance ministers and central bankers from across … Instead, the blockage is blamed on Beijing. Wealthier nations welcomed China into the advanced nations club. It …
China’s shadow banking sector poses ‘rising risks of a financial crisis’: report
“One of the strangest responses, with hindsight, to the global financial crisis — which was caused in some sense by shadow finance in the U.S. and Europe — was the creation of a shadow financial…
Micron chip imports face scrutiny in China in likely retaliation for U.S. export controls
But China is likely to be careful issuing additional measures … Inc. Korean rivals such as Samsung and SK Hynix will likely pick up most of Micron’s China business. Micron (Nasdaq: MU) shares surged Monday…
China-Taiwan: How Beijing calibrates its Taiwan response
China has again been staging military drills around Taiwan – but some experts say Beijing has dialled them down as the island will hold a presidential election in nine months, and it is in China’s…
Strident or restrained: China’s juggling act as it decides how to confront the U.S. over Taiwan
Beijing is wary of undercutting the image it is trying to cultivate as a moderate alternative to U.S. global dominance, as well as a potential mediator in Ukraine.
China Sentences Leading Rights Activists to 14 and 12 Years in Prison
Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi were detained after organizing a small seaside gathering of activists to discuss human rights. Their lengthy sentences point to Beijing’s intolerance of dissent.
Breaking: Chinese Tiktok “Douyin” adds Bitcoin, defies crypto ban
With Chinese regions like Hong Kong turning to cryptocurrency lately, China could begin to soften its stance on crypto, giving rise to crypto markets denominated by the yuan.
China investment drowns out decoupling rhetoric
International companies are reinforcing President Xi Jinping’s message that China is open for business. It’s a brief comfort for investors fretting about whether and how the country will fit into world trade given its soured…
