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U.S. senators urge Trump admin to raise pressure over China financial market access
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to increase pressure on China to remove foreign ownership curbs that bar American financial companies from freely operating in the world’s second…
China’s fintech firms eye overseas IPOs to fund growth as regulations tighten at home
A new wave of initial public offerings (IPOs) by mainland Chinese financial technology (fintech) companies is taking shape as dozens of unprofitable technology start-ups rush to raise funds overseas amid tightened regulations at home. The…
Regulation of digital coin offerings needed for healthy market: China central bank adviser
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N Korea nuclear crisis: China border town unruffled
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Aramco Looks To China Ahead Of IPO
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China’s Xi wants to put relations with India on ‘right track’: Xinhua
XIAMEN, China (Reuters) – China wants to put its relationship with India on the “right track”, President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting in Xiamen, the official Xinhua news agency reported…
China seeks to silence critics at U.N. forums: rights body report
In a report released on Tuesday, the group said China restricts travel of activists, or photographs or films them if they do come to the U.N. in Geneva to cooperate with human rights watchdogs scrutinizing…