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China is not an ‘expansionist empire’ as the West claims, state media says after signing of mega trade deal
Signing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) shows the U.S. and the West have “misread” China, said Chinese state-backed tabloid Global Times. ( read original story …)
China’s fourth-quarter economic growth will accelerate from third quarter: stats bureau
China’s fourth-quarter economic growth will accelerate from the third quarter, Fu Linghui, spokesman of the National Statistics Bureau said on Monday. ( read original story …)
China ‘continues to be one of our favorite markets’: Principal Global Investors
Kirk West of Principal Global Investors expects Chinese markets to perform well over the next year with expectations for positive growth in 2020 and 2021. ( read original story …)
China Economy Gathers Steam, Setting Stage for a Strong End to the Year
China’s economic activity posted a broad-based recovery in October, as investment and consumer spending grew faster year-over-year, while industrial production held firm. ( read original story …)
RCEP won’t force China to temper its ‘trade bullying’ in the short term: Perth USAsia Centre
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), however, can help Australia and other nations to collectivize their strength in responding to China’s “trade coercion,” says Jeffrey Wilson, … ( read original story …)
Biden’s initiative on COVID-19 should include cooperation with China
American and Chinese researchers and scientists must work together on therapeutic treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19. ( read original story …)
Large COVID-19 outbreak in Xinjiang, China
Repeated flare-ups of coronavirus in different regions of China highlight the fact that the pandemic is a global issue that cannot be resolved on a national basis by locking down borders. ( read original story…
PM says ‘Covid-19’ NZ beef exports stored with Argentinian products in China
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she has been advised that New Zealand beef exports were stored with products from Argentina, which tested positive for Covid-19 in China. Reuters reported that, over … ( read original…
Economic Data from China Sets the Tone, with COVID-19 and Brexit in Focus
The Dollar falls back early in the day, with economic data from China continuing to support riskier assets. Brexit and COVID-19 remain in focus, however. ( read original story …)
‘Paranoia and prejudice’: Chinese-Australians in politics face intense scrutiny as Canberra-Beijing ties fray
In the days before the Australian state of Queensland’s October 31 election, Peter Zhuang, a candidate for the centre-right Liberal National Party, made a pitch to voters in Chinese-language media. In … ( read original…
‘The China Nightmare’ Review: Beijing Never Got the Memo
China is not the juggernaut of Wall Street financiers’ imaginations, but that doesn’t make its expansionism any less of a threat. ( read original story …)
China looms as Biden’s biggest foreign policy challenge. Here’s where he stands
As United States President-elect Joe Biden faces an ugly, potentially contested transition, foreign policy may be the last thing on his mind. ( read original story …)
