China’s stock rout turned so extreme that state-backed funds intervened to calm the market on Tuesday, but authorities appeared to make it somewhat difficult to find out what happened on the mainland. ( read original…
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Harvest aims for global investors with HK-listed China sustainable ETF
Harvest Global Investments is launching an exchange traded fund in Hong Kong targeting demand from institutional investors in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and the US for sustainable C … ( read original story …)
MediaKind Partners with New Digital Technology to Deliver 4K UHD Content for Beijing Radio & Television’s Winter Sporting Events Channel
MediaKind, a global change leader in media technology and services, announces it is working with NDT to enable the delivery of high-quality recorded 4K content for BTV’s winter sporting events channel … ( read original…
China Stock Market Overdue For Support On Wednesday
The China stock market has ended lower in four straight sessions, surrendering more than 210 points or 6.3 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite index now sits just beneath the 3,360-point … ( read…
China’s $1.3 Trillion Stock Rout Tests Limit of Intervention
A world-beating rally in Chinese stocks has turned into the biggest rout globally, shocking investors with the severity of its reversal and evading state efforts to slow the pace of losses.In just 14 … (…
China’s new five-year blueprint to unleash opportunities for world
China’s new five-year plan, currently under review at the ongoing annual “two sessions,” has come under the spotlight as analysts expect the development blueprint of the world’s second-largest economy … ( read original story …)
China-Australia relations: BHP makes another anti-pollution deal with major Chinese steel producer
Newly signed memorandum of understanding between Chinese steel mill and Australian miner will see US$15 million spent over three years on research to reduce harmful carbon emissions. ( read original story …)
US-China relations: investment environment improving for American firms, AmCham survey shows
Only 12 per cent of the 345 US firms surveyed by the American Chamber of Commerce in China said the investment environment was deteriorating, the lowest proportion since the question was first … ( read…
China Plans New State Pension Firm as Population Ages
China plans to create a new state-owned pension firm to tackle a massive funding gap as the world’s largest population struggles to finance retirement despite decades of economic growth. ( read original story …)
China’s Central Bank to Step Up Efforts to Curb Financial Risks
China’s central bank will take measures to prevent systemic financial risks from building in the economy as the recovery takes hold, Deputy Governor Chen Yulu said. Laying out priorities for the next … ( read…
China learns lesson from Hong Kong’s housing policy, with Beijing keen to avoid same damage to society
The land auction and property development system in China is a direct descendant of Hong Kong’s. The system, in which the government sells land to developers so they can build homes, has supported … (…
China Stock Market Tipped To Snap Losing Streak
The China stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, surrendering more than 150 points or 4.5 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite index now sits just above the 3,420-point … ( read…
China GDP: Beijing cites ‘policy flexibility’ as reason for dropping specific growth target for 14th five-year plan
China has for the first time abandoned an overall economic growth target in its next five-year plan to provide the government flexibility to cope with risks at home and abroad, the country’s top … (…
