Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute and Chief Adviser to the China Banking Regulatory Commission, describes the current tension between the U.S. and China as a showdown …
Monthly Archives For May 2025
Former PBOC deputy governor Liu Guiping to head Bank of China: sources
BEIJING] China will appoint financial veteran Liu Guiping as chairman of Bank of China, the nation’s fourth largest state-owned bank, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Read more at The …
The crypto industry saw Trump as a champion. Some now fear he’s putting personal profits first
It seems like a triumph for a cryptocurrency industry that has long sought mainstream acceptance: Top investors in one of President Donald Trump ’s crypto projects invited to dine with him at his …
Inside the ‘stolen iPhone’ building
The Financial Times tracked the roaring trade of mobiles grabbed in London, New York and elsewhere, then sold in one district in southern China’s Shenzhen.
Frontal ‘attacks’ on China’s Tier 1 cities don’t work
The locus of growth is changing. Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and other Tier 1 cities continue to grow but at slower rates …
Woman tracks stolen cellphone to city 8,000 miles away: ‘Doesn’t feel random to me’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) – A North Carolina woman whose cellphone was stolen at a Charlotte-area bar in March has tracked it all the way to a city 8,000 miles away in China.…
No place to hide from any China-Taiwan conflict, investors say
Foreign investors could once barely imagine that China would invade neighbouring Taiwan, but with Donald Trump as president of the United States, many view it as a tail-risk scenario they must prepare …
China’s Xiaomi founder expects new electric SUV to hit market in July
Xiaomi’s new electric SUV YU7 is expected to hit the market in July, founder and CEO Lei Jun said in a Weibo post on Thursday.
‘Thrift is honourable’: Chinese officials made to economise for the economy
The penny-pinching comes as the economy contends with rising fiscal pressures. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Bitcoin hits record high as US-China trade tensions ease, crypto sentiment improves
Now that January’s high has been surpassed – and the 50 per cent upside from April’s lows has been achieved – bitcoin enters blue sky territory with tailwinds in the fo …
Battery giant CATL powers up on HK debut
Shares in Chinese battery giant CATL soared more than 18 percent on its Hong Kong debut on Tuesday after raising HK$35 billion in the world’s …
The Fortress That China Built for Its Battle with America
Beijing is racing ahead in advanced technology, including in robots, satellites and AI—and in some cases is catching up with the U.S.
Pantera Capital CEO expects ‘wave’ of crypto companies to go public in next 6 months
Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of crypto hedge fund and venture capital firm Pantera Capital, sits down with CNBC’s Mackenzie Sigalos at the crypto conference Consensus 2025.
