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World shares gain as investors await news on China-U.S. trade
Asian shares gain as investors await news on China-U.S. trade
BANGKOK — Shares rose Friday in Asia after a day of lacklustre trading on Wall Street. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1 per cent to 21,506.92 as the Bank of Japan ended a policy meeting…
China’s premier says ready to use more policy tools to help economy
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has additional monetary policy measures that it can take to support economic growth this year, and will even cut “its own flesh” to help finance large-scale … ( read…
Microsoft says facial recognition firm that Beijing allegedly uses to track Muslims is lying about a ‘partnership’
Microsoft denied that it has any connection with a controversial Chinese facial recognition app that rights groups say is being used by Beijing to track minority Muslims in China. The company, called … ( read…
China prepares to skewer brands in annual consumer day gala
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China is gearing up to skewer companies it accuses of treating consumers badly in a yearly event that has previously named and shamed firms from Apple to Nike Inc. The … (…
China stocks climb on premier’s growth support pledge
CSI300’s financial sector sub-index was higher by … up board ChiNext Composite index was higher by 0.8 percent. ** China will not let economic growth slip out of a reasonable range amid … ( read…
HK suspends UBS sponsor license, fines it and others $100 million for IPO failures
The IPOs in question were those of China Forestry, sponsored by UBS and Standard Chartered, and Tianhe Chemicals, sponsored by UBS, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. UBS was also fined for failing to … (…
Chinese lawmakers endorse technology law amid US pressure
Washington also wants China to roll back plans for government-led creation … law will prohibit Chinese officials from using “administrative methods to force technology transfers.” The wording of the … ( read original story …)
Italy eyes loans from China’s development bank for BRI projects
China’s BRI plans aim to finance and build infrastructure … used to further Beijing’s strategic and military influence. The plans, revealed by the Financial Times last week, triggered outcry in … ( read original story…
China’s premier denies Beijing tells companies to spy
BEIJING — China’s premier denied Beijing tells its tech companies to spy abroad and promised Friday to treat foreign and domestic competitors equally, seeking to defuse tensions with Washington and … ( read original story…
Beijing 2022 preparations on track with focus on competition centers
A computer-generated image of the National Sliding Center, which is being built in Beijing’s Yanqing district. [Photo provided to China Daily] Preparations for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Winter … ( read original story …)
China’s soybean demand has been hit by swine fever, raising doubts about Beijing’s trade promises
An outbreak of African swine fever has hit China’s pig farming sector, driving hog numbers down and pushing the demand for soybean feed lower amid large global stockpiles. China committed to buy an … (…
Beijing to make hospitals friendlier to seniors
Beijing will make at least half of its Grade II and above hospitals friendly to seniors in 2019, city officials said in a recent meeting of the municipal working committee on aging. The Chinese ……