Throughout the month of March 2024, the Chinese mainland reported that the new cases of COVID-19 were all caused by the Omicron variant, with the main prevalent strain becoming the JN.1 series variant …
Monthly Archives For April 2024
China’s consumer inflation dips below expectations in March, calls grow for policy stimulus
China’s consumer prices rose slightly in March compared to the previous year but didn’t meet economists’ expectations, revealing ongoing challenges in stimulating domestic demand for the world’s No. 2 …
China protests EU’s investigation of subsidies in green industries, calling the move protectionist
China has accused the European Union of protectionism and “reckless distortion” of the definition of subsidies in response to a new EU investigation into Chinese wind turbine makers. A Chinese trade …
Whooping Cough Is Surging in China With Tens of Thousands of Cases and Over a Dozen Deaths
China reported a combined 32,380 cases of pertussis in January and February—compared with 1,421 cases during the same period in 2023. There were 13 deaths.
China Ramps Up Yuan Support as Fixing Tops Estimates by Record
China signaled continued support for its currency as broad strength in the dollar kept the yuan close to a policy no-go area.
China to step up financial support for green development
BEIJING — Chinese authorities have issued guidelines to strengthen the financial support for green and low-carbon development.
China’s commercial property segment is seeing some bright spots amid a slump in the wider realty sector
Hong Kong-based Swire Properties said in its report last month that it intends to double its gross floor area in mainland China by 2032. The company currently operates high-end shopping complexes …
Sullinger leads Shenzhen past Beijing in CBA playoffs
Jared Sullinger scored 33 points and grabbed 20 rebounds as the Shenzhen Aviators edged the Beijing Royal Fighters 106-102 to pull ahead 1-0 in the best-of-three first round of the Chinese Basketball …
Analysis-What overcapacity? China says its industries are simply more competitive
The last day of U.S. Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to China coincided with the strongest retort yet from Beijing officials over her claims that China is flooding global markets with cheap goods, …
Fitch cuts China’s ratings outlook on growth risks
Ratings agency Fitch revised its outlook on China to negative on Tuesday, citing increasing risks to the country’s public finance outlook.
Congress just touching the TikTok tip of the iceberg of China’s spying
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged the chamber to take up the bipartisan bill passed last month requiring Chinese company ByteDance to sell off its interest in TikTok.
China’s gender gap widening post-pandemic, with ‘she-cession’ still real threat to economy
Study finds disparity between men and women has grown in China, with researchers seeing the ‘magnitude of the ‘she-cession’, where the Covid-induced economic slowdown disproportionately impacted the …
Imports from China to the US are rising at the fastest rate since last fall
Inflation is on the rise again, but according to recent trade data, so are Chinese imports to the US, showing a strong consumer economy.
