China’s exports in June rose by an impressive 8.6 percent from a year earlier to reach $307.85 billion, beating the 7.6 percent increase seen in May, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said …
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Chinese brands tap soccer to shine in Europe
Doreen Wang, Kantar Greater China CEO and global chair of Kantar BrandZ, said many Chinese brands have turned increasingly professional and actively expanded into foreign markets. As the Chinese …
A pro-business third plenum is China’s best retort to US, EU gauntlet
Faced with difficult EV negotiations with Europe and the possibility of a Trump return, strong pro-business signals from Beijing now would help.
China set for third plenum that could prove a ‘defining moment’ of Xi Jinping era
The Communist Party gathering is expected to outline the general course of economic policy at a time the country is facing major challenges.
Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland hints at broader trade action against China
Coming talks with business and labour groups could go beyond discussions about barriers against Chinese electric vehicles.
US, EU companies cautious on China investment amid ‘new normal’, chamber officials say
Foreign companies investing in China have to tread carefully as they face increasing competition from innovative local companies amid a difficult business environment, according to Eric Zheng, the …
China exports rise at fastest pace in more than a year
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Only 1 In 7 Of Today’s Chinese EV Brands Will Be Profitable By 2030, Analysts Claim
Of 137 EV brands operating in China today, only 19 will be making money at the end of this decade, according to Alixpartners …
Canada considers trade crackdown on China, unfair trade practices, security risks
The government faces domestic pressure to protect local jobs and wages in the auto industry, while also promising subsidies to attract global automakers to set up electric-vehicle battery production …
China’s clothing creates mountain of waste
At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom …
As crises hit plagued Niger-Benin oil pipeline, it may be up to China to end the deadlock
China has invested billions in Niger’s oil industry. Now it must solve a political spat if it wants to see any money back.
26 million tons of clothing end up in China’s landfills each year
Factories that recycle textiles are barely making a dent in a country whose clothing industry is dominated by ‘fast fashion’ — cheap clothes made from unrecyclable synthetics, not cotton.
Donald Tang: the master of reinvention brought in as Shein’s public face
Executive whose rise on Wall Street won fame in his native China faces tough task at fashion group planning London IPO …
