So it’s no wonder that when the Chinese government launched its soft power drive to spread Chinese language and culture around the world, it turned to the one figure who is the beginning and the…
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Chinawood: Two Big Brands—‘Hollywood’ and ‘Made in China’—Merge Into One
From Transformers 4 to Kung Fu Panda 3 to The Great Wall, Chinese actors and producers have found a place in big-budget Hollywood films. As Aynne Kokas explains in her new book, Hollywood Made in…
Top 10 most valuable brands in China
Companies in the technology, banking and telecom industries have dominated a list of most valuable brands in China compiled based on a study by advertising research agency WPP and Millward Brown. The total value of…
China bank regulator inspecting off-balance sheet risks at city banks – sources
SHANGHAI, March 30 China’s banking regulator is inspecting off-balance sheet risks at city commercial banks, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, as China steps up checks on banks in an effort to control risky lending.…
China central bank paper claims Beijing can make ‘impossible trinity’ possible
Chinese central bankers have done the economic “impossible”, finding a way to have a stable yuan, a free market and effective monetary policy. That is the assessment of two central bank researchers, who claimed in…
China Minsheng Banking : Minsheng Bank year net up 3.8% to Rmb47.84bn; div Rmb16.5cts
year-on-year to Rmb47,843 million. Net profit increased at a slower pace, primarily due to the combined effects of less net interest margin and higher provision. Basic and diluted earnings per share were Rmb1.31. Net interest…
China Minsheng Banking : 2016 Net Profit CNY47.84 Billion
HONG KONG–China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. (1988.HK) late Thursday reported a 3.8% rise in its 2016 net profit amid steady operating income. The Chinese bank said net profit for the year ended Dec. 31 rose…
After 2016 squeeze, some top China banks set for stronger growth
“The trend is promising,” Yi Huiman, Chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC), the world’s biggest lender, said on Thursday, citing the impact of broad economic recovery. Pricing for loans is stabilising…
China’s Tectonic Shift in Bank Funding
Ghosts of financial crises past rarely revisit in exactly the same way. Still, stresses looming in China’s behemoth banking system eerily resemble the ones its U.S. counterpart suffered just ahead of its meltdown a decade…
China's big banks say bad-loan fears eased in 2016
Bad-loan concerns at China’s big banks eased in 2016 despite flat earnings growth, the companies said this week, but analysts warn asset-quality problems in the world’s second-largest economy could worsen next year. Bank of China,…
Shanghai Composite Index Slips as Central Bank Clamps Down on Liquidity
The company delisted from the NYSE last year as shareholders took the company private. Agricultural Bank of China – among Mainland China’s biggest lenders, saw a 1.8 percent profit increase year over year for 2016,…
China downplays tensions with U.S. as Xi prepares to meet Trump
“China does not deliberately seek a trade surplus. We also have no intention of carrying out competitive currency devaluation to stimulate exports. This is not our policy,” Zheng said. State news agency Xinhua also struck…
Can China's ivory trade ban save elephants?
At the height of the market some of them could sell for many thousands of dollars. Now, to the delight of conservationists everywhere, China is calling a halt to this lucrative end of a brutal…
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