The priciest equities in more than five years are proving no deterrent for stock traders in China, where the benchmark is now nearing its all-time high. ( read original story …)
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Is Beijing About to Make an Example Out of Jack Ma?
Speaking at a financial conference in Shanghai last fall, Jack Ma, China’s most famous entrepreneur, started his speech with a disclaimer: “If you think my advice doesn’t make sense, just forget about … ( read…
China Hitting the Accelerator Will Fire Markets
And now the CSI-300 has at last exceeded that 2015 bubble, to hit a 12-year high: Across the East China Sea, Japan is also at last making historic progress in recovering from a far greater…
China’s central bank conducts 2 billion yuan of reverse repos
China central bank on Friday conducted 2 billion yuan about 3089 million US dollars of reverse repos to maintain reasonably am … ( read original story …)
China fintech: banking and insurance watchdog CBIRC lays out ways it may punish risky consumer finance companies
The rating system comes as China clamps down on its rapidly growing consumer finance sector, citing systematic risk and customer complaints. ( read original story …)
Financial Technology Is China’s Trojan Horse
But China’s emerging dominance in financial technology, also known as “fintech,” poses an even more fundamental problem for the United States. Washington cannot trust that the Chinese Communist Party … ( read original story …)
China Tightens Oversight of Consumer Finance Firms With Scoring
China’s banking regulator is strengthening oversight of consumer finance firms with a new annual scoring system, continuing to step up scrutiny as the likes of Ant Group Co. are setting up new units … (…
Beijing administrative center becomes highland for emerging industries
Despite the freezing cold, construction on a museum, a theater, and a library in eastern Beijing’s Tongzhou District is progressing in full swing. The projects are set to be the landmarks of the … (…
World Bank economist: China needs to learn to restructure emerging market debt
Increasing debt distress in emerging markets means that China, now the world’s largest official creditor, will need to start restructuring debts in the same way that Paris Club lenders did in past … ( read…
China Credit Growth Slows as Central Bank Normalizes Policy
China’s credit growth moderated in December, suggesting that the massive increase in credit since last year may have peaked as the central bank seeks to normalize policy. Aggregate financing was 1.72 … ( read original…
REUTERS NEXT-World Bank economist: China will need to learn to restructure emerging market debt
Increasing debt distress in emerging markets means that China, now the world’s largest official creditor, will need to start restructuring debts in the same way that Paris Club lenders did in past … ( read…
REUTERS NEXT-World Bank economist: China needs to learn to restructure emerging market debt
Increasing debt distress in emerging markets means that China, now the world’s largest official creditor, will need to start restructuring debts in the same way that Paris Club lenders did in past … ( read…
China Nears Approval of Its First Public REITs to Ease Debt
China plans to approve its first real estate investment trusts to help local governments finance infrastructure projects while allowing retail investors to tap into what may become a $3 trillion … ( read original story…
