Germany launched a strategy to “de-risk” from China, but on Saturday Chancellor Olaf Scholz starts a high-stakes visit there hoping to shore up ties at a delicate point with the U.S. and EU …
Monthly Archives For April 2024
China’s top legislator Zhao meets key N. Korean politician over ways to bolster bilateral ties
China’s top legislator, Zhao Leji, has met with Choe Ryong-hae, a senior North Korean official, to discuss ways to further develop bilateral ties, Pyongyang’s state media said Friday. The trip by the …
Financial aid backs equipment renewal
China will offer “strong” financial support to promote the large-scale renewal of equipment and the trade-in of consumer goods, and fiscal support from the central government will focus on key areas …
Ray Dalio, Jamie Dimon, Ken Griffin: China, AI, and the global economy
Three heavyweights of global finance have released their latest shareholder updates – we bring you some of the highlights …
US airlines ask the Biden administration not to approve additional flights between the US and China
The biggest U.S. airlines and their unions are asking the Biden administration to stop approving more flights to the United States by Chinese airlines.
China’s Suzhou city plans supercharged cross-border e-commerce business after Shein and Temu success
The municipal government of the city in eastern Jiangsu province unveiled a three-year plan to attract cross-border e-commerce projects.
China GDP: what is needed to achieve the ‘very challenging’ 5% economic growth goal for 2024?
Beijing has defended its ambitious goal of growing the economy by ‘around 5 per cent’ this year, insisting it matches China’s potential for economic growth Analysts say China must roll out proactive …
UPDATE 1-Biden warns on Beijing’s South China Sea moves in Philippines-Japan summit
Long-simmering tensions between China and its neighbors took center stage on Thursday as leaders of the U.S., Japan and the Philippines gathered at the White House to push back on Beijing’s stepped-up …
Beijing sanctions 2 more US defence firms over arms sales to Taiwan, violation of ‘one-China principle’
Assets held in mainland China by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and General Dynamics Land Systems will be frozen, Beijing says.
Biden warns on Beijing’s South China Sea moves in Philippines-Japan summit
US, Philippine and Japanese presidents focus on China as trilateral meeting in Washington gets under way. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Yellen pitches Bidenomics in Beijing — making America a laughingstock
A recent Economist/YouGov survey showed 29% of voters are worried more about the economy and inflation than any other issue.
Biden’s China tariff threats are more bark than bite, economists say
Economists say tariff hikes might be more useful as a political tool for Biden’s 2024 reelection bid rather than an economic solution to the U.S.’ China woes. Tariffs can have unintended economic …
Why China’s economic woes should raise concern for the West
The West might be hoping domestic economic strains facing China will curb its appetite for global competition … akin to the spending it delivered to tackle economic downturns in 2015 and the global …
