Even allowing for China’s messy cyclical ebb and flow and global political tensions of the day, the exit of long-term foreign capital from the world’s second-biggest economy is startling.China’s …
Monthly Archives For December 2023
Shenzhen to Subsidize Factories’ Digital Transformation by Up to USD14 Million
(Yicai) Dec. 1 — The Shenzhen government is offering factories that upgrade their technologies subsidies of up to CNY100 million (USD14 million) for each project with the aim of helping the …
More executives go missing in China —this time linked to troubled shadow bank Zhongzhi
Two Chinese business executives at companies controlled by the embattled financial conglomerate Zhongzhi have gone missing, according to statements by their respective firms.
In China, Henry Kissinger Was the Ultimate Door-Opener
China relations wielded his influence and unparalleled access over five decades.
A celebrity chef is getting canceled for making a video about egg fried rice close to the 63rd death anniversary of Mao Zedong’s son
Internet celebrity chef Wang Gang is for the third time facing backlash over posting an egg fried rice tutorial at an inopportune time.
Exclusive: China lures hundreds of Taiwan politicians with cheap trips before election – sources
Beijing has sponsored cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians ahead of key elections on the island, according to Taiwan sources and documents, unnerving officials with a broad campaign that one called “election…
China finance ministry surveys banks about sovereign bond issuance plan for 2024 – sources
In a surprise move, China in late October approved 1 trillion yuan ($140.11 billion) of sovereign bond issuance for this year — its first such fiscal deficit expansion within the year in 23 years –…
Surge in respiratory illnesses in China not linked to Covid-19: experts
BEIJING – A recent surge in respiratory illnesses in China is not caused by novel coronavirus mutations or immune deficiency induced by the virus, said top Chinese health experts. Prof Zhang Wenhong, director of the…
China Cover-Up? Officials Ordered to Downplay Staggering Respiratory Outbreak Among Children That Has Hospitals Struggling to Cope, Source Alleges
Chinese officials have allegedly been ordered to play down the severity of a mysterious new respiratory outbreak that is sweeping the country. Knewz.com has learned of an insider who has come forward with claims that…
The Big Risk Causing Investors to Shun China
HONG KONG—Investing in China has never been this perilous. When global investors flocked to the country during its economic boom in the past decade, geopolitical risks were at the back of their minds.
U.S. Childhood Pneumonia Outbreak Raises Alarm, No Known Link to China
The high number of pediatric pneumonia cases in Ohio has crossed the “outbreak” threshold, health officials say.
New graphite export controls come into force
Since 2006, China has implemented temporary export controls on graphite products, including those used as negative electrode materials for batteries.
Asia factory activity weakens, uncertainty on China clouds outlook
Asia’s factory activity remained weak in November on soft global demand, surveys showed on Friday, with mixed signs on the strength of China’s economy clouding the outlook for the region’s fragile …
