Jan.15 — Beijing has now warned Donald Trump not to question its claim to Taiwan, saying its one-China policy is not negotiable. This comes one day after the President-elect hinted at a major reset of…
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Beijing warns Trump over Taiwan
Two influential Chinese newspapers warn U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that Beijing will “take off the gloves” and Taiwan may be scarified if he continues to provoke Beijing over the self-ruled island once he sworn in.…
Davos 2017: Trump, China and Brexit set to dominate
China, Donald Trump and Brexit are set to dominate this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos. Xi Jinping will be the first Chinese president to attend the annual meeting of world and business…
Canadian companies can clean up in China
For companies that focus strategically on the right products and services, the market for Canadians to export clean technology, or cleantech, to China, still has room to grow, says Tom Rand, managing partner of ArcTern…
China's Sinochem chief dismisses ChemChina merger reports as 'rumour'
at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong. The reports of a possible merger of the two Chinese companies triggered concerns it could complicate China National Chemicals Corp’s (ChemChina) acquisition of Syngenta , which would…
China's Just Getting Started With Funky Finance
China’s love affair with asset-backed securities, the kind of financial product that helped spur the 2008 global credit crisis, has the intensity of a new passion. But for all the concerns about the speed at…
Hong Kong leadership race heats up as China clears way for top officials to run
HONG KONG: China on Monday (Jan 16) approved the resignations of two of Hong Kong’s top officials, including its financial secretary, paving the way for them to contest a March election to become the next…
China hits back at Trump, says one-China policy is 'non-negotiable'
China said Sunday that its one-China policy is “non-negotiable” after President-elect Donald Trump suggested that he might use American policy on Taiwan as a bargaining chip between the two sides. China Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu…
China warns Trump that its stance on Taiwan is 'non negotiable' after the Donald made moves towards recognizing the island nation
The country’s foreign ministry described the ‘one China’ policy as ‘non-negotiable’, in a statement released on Sunday. Since recognizing Beijing in 1979, Washington has maintained only unofficial ties with Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing…
China, eager for telecoms reform, calls for private investment
The country’s big telecoms firms, China Telecom Corp Ltd, China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd and China Mobile Ltd, are all units of unwieldy state-owned enterprises. Those parent firms are seen as heavily overstaffed, inefficient and…
China should stop intervening in forex market and let yuan float – researcher
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China should stop intervening in the foreign exchange market, devalue the yuan and let it float freely to restore stability, a senior researcher at a government-backed think tank said. Xiao Lisheng, a…
China IPO normalization good for real economy: experts
BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — The normalization of initial public offerings (IPOs) in China could help raise the financing efficiency of companies and direct more capital into the real economy, experts have said. Since an…
China should stop intervening in FX market and let yuan float – researcher
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China should stop intervening in the foreign exchange market, devalue the yuan and let it float freely to restore stability, a senior researcher at a government-backed think tank said. Xiao Lisheng, a…