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China’s consumer spending picks up in October
Retail sales in the world’s second-largest economy rose 4.3 percent on-year last month, Beijing’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. ( read original story …)
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 …)
The 22nd China Hi-Tech Fair Concludes with Success, Providing Impetus for China’s Post-pandemic Economy
A total of 3,349 exhibitors from around the world participated in this year’s event, with a total of 9,018 hi-tech projects showcased. ( read original story …)
Crown executives acted ‘with honesty’ over business practices linked to staff arrests in China, inquiry hears
Executives at Crown Resorts acted “with bona fides and honesty” in their judgments about the risks of doing business in China before the arrests of 19 staff in 2016, counsel for Crown has told a…
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 …)
How China’s factories are pivoting from an export-oriented business model to rely more on domestic sales
Even as exports have seen a resurgence in China amid global outbreaks of coronavirus, manufacturers see the trend as unsustainable. And many are banking on nationalism to drive domestic sales. ( 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…
