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How China’s censorship on trade war throws off the algos
China’s financial market slump highlights sensitivity to Trump’s trade threats — in one chart Analysts said government censorship presented a challenge for social media algorithms. Chinese internet … ( read original story …)
Foreign companies in China face cyber security crackdown
according to documents seen by the Financial Times that are yet to be publicly announced. The rules are aimed at fortifying “national information security”, even as US-China commercial tensions flare. … ( read original story…
Xi Jinping’s China: why entrepreneurs feel like second-class citizens
has been a laboratory for the state-centric growth model that has been so successful in maintaining China’s growth since the global financial crisis. Chongqing became the country’s fastest-growing … ( read original story …)
A Flood of Toxic Loans in China Is a Bonanza for Debt Buyers
Moreover, China’s top banking regulator is encouraging commercial lenders to accelerate the recognition of toxic debt into their accounts. The watchdog in recent weeks used so-called window guidance … ( read original story …)
China lowers yuan mid-point to weakest level in 4-1/2 months
SHANGHAI, May 15 (Reuters) – China’s central bank lowered its official yuan midpoint to a 4-1/2-month low of 6.8649 per dollar on Wednesday, amid worries over the latest escalation in the Sino-U.S. … ( read…
Canada strikes alliance with U.S. counterweight to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Canada’s overseas development finance arm is joining forces with a U.S. government agency that is being set up to act as a counterweight to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a state-sponsored … ( read original…
The Finance 202: Farmers are bracing for more tariff pain. But they’re sticking with Trump — for now
You are reading The Finance 202, our must-read tipsheet on where Wall Street … Lynch, Taylor Telford, Damian Paletta and Gerry Shih write of the White House’s response after Beijing moved to impose … (…
Beijing is counting on its massive Belt and Road Initiative. But are Chinese firms on board?
For the past five years, Beijing has deployed these tools strategically to persuade governments in partner countries to pursue greater cooperation through infrastructure and financial investment. … ( read original story …)
Want to Take On China? You’re Going to Need Some Help
That’s not nothing – but it’s still less than half the trade exposure China had to the U.S. in the go-go years before the 2008 financial crisis. If Washington really wants to change Beijing’s behavior…
Clearwater sees sales grow in China despite diplomatic tensions
but we also believe that Canadian seafood and Nova Scotia seafood has a very strong reputation for quality in the China market,” Clearwater CEO Ian Smith said in a media conference call after the ……
Trump’s trade war with China could cause a stock market crash
A 10% correction could be what we are looking at,” veteran strategist Matt Maley at Miller Tabak told Yahoo Finance. Maley contends that still high stock valuations coupled with a new round of bad ……
GOP senator pushes bill to ban the export of ‘core technologies’ to China
The trade deal that the Trump administration has been attempting to negotiate with China has some measures to prevent intellectual … we’ll quit stealing,” Hawley told Yahoo Finance’s On the Move. … ( read original…
