China’s banking regulator has instructed banks to control credit growth to the country’s booming real estate sector, intensifying caution against an over-heated market. Banks should ward off concentration risk in property sector, while stemming illegal…
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Banking regulator vows to keep property financing in line
IPO delay lifts spotlight off China's shadow banks
This is a pity. The initial public offering would have helped investors and regulators decipher the high-yielding trust products at the core of China’s intricate shadow-banking industry. Graphic: On the rise: reut.rs/2oZAEpU In October, the…
China won't let its construction crews work in West Bank
BEIJING – China is not allowing Chinese construction crews to work in the West Bank because it opposes Israeli settlements in what it considers occupied Palestinian territory. Israel officials said Sunday they had signed a…
China banking sector's total assets up 14.1 pct y/y at end-Mar – regulator
BEIJING, April 25 The value of assets held by China’s banking sector rose 14.1 percent to 231.9 trillion yuan ($33.68 trillion) as of end-March compared with a year earlier, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC)…
China’s NPL problem has ‘stabilised’ – PBoC’s Yi
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China Markets Reel as $1.7 Trillion in Shadow Funds Unwinds
Read more: QuickTake Q&A on wealth-management products The China Banking Regulatory Commission has asked lenders to report the scale of their entrusted investments, including products issued by mutual funds, trusts, futures firms and brokerages. (…
China's new illegal fundraising topped $36 billion last year
The cases severely destroyed the order of financial markets, Yang Yuzhu, director of the joint-meeting for anti-illegal fundraising was quoted as saying, threatening China’s financial and social stability. Authorities are now weighing a ban on…
China's Enduring Desire For 'Brand Australia'
As China’s regulation of foreign brands sold through e-commerce evolves, there’s concern among Australian investors that some consumer goods companies are overexposed in the vast and growing market. However, China remains a huge opportunity for…
China to loosen JV ownership restrictions for foreign automakers
BEIJING — China has provided the clearest indication to date that it plans to lift the cap on how much foreign carmakers can own of their local joint ventures, putting pressure on Chinese automakers to…
Sina Chief Steers China's Twitter Deeper Into Internet Finance
The company’s also had to grapple with growing censorship as Beijing grew wary of the influence of online content. Chao, nicknamed “the Accountant” because of his stint at PwC, was known more for his financial…
Converting coal would help China's smog at climate's expense
BEIJING — China’s conversion of coal into natural gas could prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths each year. But there’s a catch: As the country shifts its use of vast coal reserves to send…
China targets 35 million vehicle sales by 2025, NEVs to make up one-fifth
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said in a market “road map” that China’s urbanization drive and the overseas expansion of its automakers would help drive annual vehicle sales up around 25 percent from…
Doping: Russian heptathlete stripped of Beijing 2008 bronze
BERLIN Russian Olympic heptathlete Tatiana Chernova was stripped of her 2008 Beijing Games bronze medal on Monday after she tested positive to banned substances in re-tests of her sample. Chernova’s 2008 sample tested positive for…
