Toy Association CEO Greg Ahearn expects price increases of 15% to 20% on games, dolls, cars, and other toys by the back-to-school shopping season.
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‘An IPO connect can meet the demand for mainland investors to invest in global assets,’ Peter Wong says
Beijing could explore allowing investors on the mainland to put money into initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong, along with other enhancements to existing cross-border investment mechanisms, …
Beijing’s Trump Equation
Trump’s return creates uncertainty for Beijing, with potential economic risks from renewed tariffs and trade restrictions. While there are some prospects for relations to get better, the unpredictable …
AI and blockchain vaunted as an industrial marriage made in heaven
Dong described AI and blockchain as “interlocking gears” in a modern industrial engine. While AI accelerates production through intelligent automation, blockchain streamlines human and institutional …
China’s exports and imports weaken in Jan-Feb as demand slides amid global trade uncertainty
China has reported that its exports rose a less-than-expected 2.3% in January and February from a year earlier while imports fell more than 8% in a slow start to a year dogged by uncertainty over…
China’s central bank ups gold reserves for fourth straight month in February
China’s gold reserves rose to 73.61 million fine troy ounces at the end of February from 73.45 million at the end of January, as the central bank kept buying the precious metal for a fourth…
China Says It Will ‘Resolutely Counter’ U.S. Tariff Pressure
China’s top foreign affairs official, Wang Yi, accused the United States of being ‘two-faced’ in its approach to Beijing.
China’s foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists
Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, blasted Japan for its past aggression and covered a wide range of other …
Two active-duty US soldiers, others charged with selling defense secrets to China
Jian Zhao and Li Tian, active-duty United States Army soldiers stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, along with Ruoyu Duan, a former United States Army soldier, were arrested Thursday after …
China’s February bank loans likely to dip from record high
China’s new yuan loans are expected to have sharply decreased in February from an all-time high in January, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, due to muted credit demand after the boost from …
China loses private jets as other Asian growth spots emerge
A sharp fall in the number of private jets based in China in recent years shows the impact a weakening domestic economy, anti-corruption drives and the pandemic have had on the country’s wealthiest, …
Thailand Says It Sent Uyghurs Back to China to Avoid Backlash from Beijing
Thailand defended its deportation of 40 Uyghur detainees to China last week as the “best solution” to avoid a backlash from Beijing, after a rights group said the move violated international law and …
China Tech’s Outperformance to ‘Mag Seven’ Seen Far From Over
Chinese tech megacaps are leaving their once-unbeatable US peers in the dust as DeepSeek spurs demand for the Asian nation’s stocks, an outperformance that many investors say has room to extend.
