Asian shares scaled four-month peaks on Monday as investors counted on a revival in Chinese activity to sustain global economic growth, even as surging coronavirus cases delayed re-openings across the … ( read original story…
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Asia shares jump as China blue chips scale five-year peak
China needs a bull market to build strength: state media
In a world reshaped by coronavirus, China needs further share market gains to fund a rapidly developing digital economy and strengthen its hand in intensifying power rivalries, state media said on … ( read original…
US-China tensions heat up in South China Sea
For the first time in six years, two US Navy aircraft carriers are in the South China Sea, the latest show of military might from Washington as it pushes back against China’s sweeping claim to…
China’s shadow banking system under spotlight as Sichuan Trust misses payments amid economic slowdown
Sichuan Trust last week apologised to investors for missing payments on its financial products due in part to the coronavirus outbreak and global economic downturn. ( read original story …)
China Stokes a Stock-Market Mania, Risking Repeat of 2015 Bubble
Chinese stocks extended their recent rapid climb, aided by an enthusiastic chorus from the nation’s influential state media.The CSI 300 Index jumped as much as 4.2% on Monday morning, the most since … ( read…
JGBs dip as China recovery hopes boost risk appetite
Investors are looking to the auction of 0.9 trillion yen ($8.36 billion) 30-year JGBs on Tuesday as a key test of investor appetite, the first auction of that maturity since the Ministry of Finance ……
Online housing firm Beike looks to raise $2 billion in US IPO
A listing for Beike on a US exchange bucks a trend among Chinese technology firms, which are turning to domestic listings … ( read original story …)
Xu Zhangrun, outspoken critic of Xi Jinping, detained by police in Beijing
Professor had been under house arrest after writing an essay lambasting the president over his response to coronavirus … ( read original story …)
As China asserts its dominance over post-pandemic world, countries unite against Beijing’s ‘bully tactics’
It has already prompted UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to offer British citizenship to three million Hong Kongers, not to mention take a tougher line toward China itself. Huawei, for example, can … ( read…
How to expose and counter China’s increasing aggression
There was no need to send in the People’s Liberation Army after all. Hong Kong’s freedoms were snuffed out with a pen stroke. ( read original story …)
Revenge Doesn’t Explain Rise in Chinese Property Prices
The problem, as we’ve seen time and again, is that anyone hoping for security from a market that’s heavily controlled may be in for disappointment, as the government will inevitably tighten limits … ( read…
Urumqi’s main urban area covered with 5G network
Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has seen 5G signals covering the main urban area of the city with more 5G base stations built this year. By the end of June, ……
China’s central bank skips reverse repos
BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) — The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, skipped open market operations via reverse repos on Monday. Liquidity in the banking system stays at a … ( read…