Home sales are expected to report flat growth in the next 12 months after a gradual recovery in sales volume from a 28 per cent drop last year, rating agency says in report Homebuyers’ income…
Monthly Archives For May 2023
Beijing’s rising clout in the spotlight
TOKYO: The weekend gathering of finance chiefs from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies leaves signs that the world’s second-largest economy will loom large at this week’s summit in Hiroshima.
A barbecue frenzy is gripping China. Can street food revive the economy?
China’s economy is navigating a growing array of challenges. The crucial housing market is mired in its worst downturn on record. Business confidence has plummeted after Xi launched a regulatory …
China’s crackdown makes Beijing dealings an even riskier business
Australian businesspeople cop it from both ends: the threat of arrest both in China and when they come home is a real and present danger.
US and Micronesia to renew Cofa pact as Washington seeks to counter China in Pacific
Formal signing to take place in PNG next week when Joe Bidens holds summit with Pacific leaders to emphasise commitment to region …
G-7 leaders expected to discuss China’s “economic coercion”
China has been accused of exerting its power by refusing to buy certain products from countries that cross it. Beijing is pushing back.
Liz Truss brands China ‘threat to free world’ ahead of Taiwan visit
In a rebuke to successor Rishi Sunak, she told the Copenhagen Democracy Summit that continuing with the same level of trade with China was sending ‘mixed messages’. Beijing has long insisted that …
China’s latest consumption trends show lingering weakness in spending, months after Beijing lifted rigid zero-Covid-19 controls
Those are just a few examples of new consumption trends that emerged in mainland China after the country reopened from draconian Covid-19 controls. On the surface, such trends appear to show a …
Taiwan begins war games in shadow of Beijing threat
Taiwan has launched its annual military exercises, simulating its response to a potential Chinese invasion. The exercise in table-top wargaming, which will take place for five days and four nights, …
China’s Hidden Century review – how opium and Christianity demolished a civilisation
From Looty the stolen dog to the story of the last emperor, via glittering gowns and bloody rebellions, this show has a shock round every corner
China Liberal Education Holdings Limited Reports Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2022
Ms. Ngai Ngai Lam, Chairwoman and CEO of China Liberal, commented, “Fiscal year 2022 is a year of expansion and exploration for China Liberal, as we completed two major acquisitions and enhanced our …
Alibaba’s Future Hangs on the IPOs of Spawned Divisions
A six-way split of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. means the value of China’s largest e-commerce player will be increasingly divorced from its actual operations, depending instead on equity-market …
US Airlines Are Sitting Out China’s Reopening
(Bloomberg Businessweek) — After three years of largely self-imposed isolation because of Covid‑19, China is finally reopening. But US airlines aren’t lining up to reinstate the once-abundant …
