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U.S. businesses and trade groups are split over how forcefully to crack down on China over intellectual property theft, with some arguing the country is making progress on its own in enforcing protections and urging…
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In just a few days I, along with EDF+Business’ Xixi Chen, will be traveling across China to talk with companies and students about corporate energy management. The trip comes one week after China’s “Golden Week”—the…
China to issue first dollar bonds since 2004, in Hong Kong
China’s Ministry of Finance has revealed plans to sell US … Chinese corporates have undertaken business expansion globally, which require dollar-denominated funding in recent years. But companies which choose to raise funds through the Asian…
Trump Is Warned His Intellectual-Property Probe Risks a Trade War With China
The Trump administration’s probe into China’s intellectual-property practices threatens to spark a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, according to an official representing Chinese industry. “We are quite confused and greatly … (…
Apple and IBM to Blame China for Infringing On Intellectual Property Rights
US industry groups representing Apple ( AAPL) , IBM ( IBM) and other tech giants have blamed China’s rules on inbound investment for infringing the intellectual property rights of US companies. Repeating a complaint likely…
China Unicom, partners evaluate Cameroon-Brazil optical fibre project
Experts say the submarine optical fibre cable offers capacity for about one and half billion subscribers without saturation. Photo Cameroon.info The Management Committee of the Cameroon-Brazil Underwater Telecommunications Cable project met in the … (…
Turf wars and risk aversion: China’s pro-market central bank boss ‘leaves note’ to next generation
Those stumbling blocks included the central bank’s role as a unit within the cabinet … Zhang Ming, a senior researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Beijing’s political goal of ensuring financial stability…
(Chinese aid) Beijing’s lending remains unreported
“AidData is the most comprehensive source of information on China’s lending for development projects,” said David Dollar, an economist at the Brookings Institution in Washington and former World Bank country director in Beijing, in an…
China’s plan for a soft landing hinges on bank lending
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) answered the call of the State Council … Significantly easing policy at this juncture could mislead the market into thinking that Beijing is concerned about the economic outlook. 2)…
China to Flex its Market Muscle With First Dollar Bond Since ’04
China is moving forward with plans to issue its first sovereign bonds in dollars since 2004 in a deal that will put a symbolic seal of approval on the booming offshore Asian debt market. The…
China Spotlight: As National Congress Approaches, Issues for MNCs to Watch
The resulting decisions will likely impact financial and monetary policy as well as broader regulatory trends that shape economic growth, the business environment for multinational companies (MNCs) doing business in China, and China’s projection into…
China close to matching US in foreign aid flow — but often with Beijing’s own interests in mind
While China could be set to usurp the U.S. as the leading donor of foreign aid throughout much of the developed world, AidData researchers stressed the country’s lack of transparency meant its aid activities remained…