Xi Jinping’s message that China wants to roll out the red carpet for foreign businesses stands in stark contrast to the increasing difficulties many companies experience on the ground. Most Read from …
Monthly Archives For November 2023
China’s proposed rules applying to audit papers raise questions over role of Hong Kong, big-four accounting firms
Tighter-than-expected rules about location of data cast doubt on Hong Kong serving as neutral ground for inspection of Chinese firms’ audit materials ‘Investors in China should accept that certain …
Avoiding China Has Been a Winning Investment Strategy. But It Isn’t Easy.
Investors in emerging-market stocks have profited this year by staying away from China.The MSCI China Index is down 8% this year through Nov. 15, while a broader emerging-markets benchmark that …
China hopes Fiji will continue ‘firm’ support for Beijing – state media
China said it hopes Fiji will continue to give ‘firm’ support to it on issues concerning Beijing’s core interests and major concerns, state media cited President Xi Jinping as saying to Fijian Prime …
Analysis-Cheap yuan catapults China to second-biggest trade funding currency
Global companies are making a beeline for China’s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuan-denominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rock-bottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump.
U.S. Executives Get No Reassurance From Xi on Tougher China Business Environment
At a dinner with U.S. corporate chiefs, Xi Jinping sought to enlist corporate America’s help in easing bilateral tensions but made no mention of boosting trade or investment.
Ex-Liberal candidate denies using donation to influence Morrison government for China
Man on trial for alleged foreign interference was trying to combat anti-Chinese attitudes when he handed Alan Tudge $37,450 cheque, court told …
Biden called Xi a ‘dictator.’ See how China reacted
CNN’s Will Ripley discusses China’s censorship of CNN’s reporting of President Joe Biden calling Chinese President Xi Jinping a “dictator.” The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson responded to Biden …
Fire in China coal company office kills 26
At least 38 injured in the blaze at Yongju coal mine company in Lyuliang City, north China’s Shanxi province.
Xinhua Silk Road: Scientific technology fair held in E. China’s Shanghai highlights sci-tech achievement application
BEIJING, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The 6th Scientific Technology Fair for Yangtze River Delta Region kicked off on Wednesday in Jiading District of east China’sShanghai and will run until Friday, …
China’s 2023 GDP forecasts twisted and turned as prognosticators puzzled over country’s future
Institutions publishing predictions of China’s economic growth had to alter their estimates … in bonds for this year to finance major construction projects. Earlier in the year, the Economist …
China hopes Fiji will continue ‘firm’ support for Chinese issues – Chinese state media
China said it hopes Fiji will continue to give ‘firm’ support to it on issues concerning Chinese core interests and major concerns, Chinese state media cited President Xi Jinping as saying to Fijian Prime Minister…
Biden and China’s Xi agree to fight fentanyl, open military communication, look at A.I.
President Joe Biden addressed the nation after his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, touting a resumption of military communication.