China hopes the technology will make large farms more manageable, allowing it to consolidate and close smaller facilities. The government claims that the move would cut down on pollution. ( read original story …)
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China shadow banking crackdown to moderate in 2019
“However, a rapid rebound in shadow credit supply is also unlikely, as the authorities will retain focus on financial system risks.” China’s banking regulator issued new guidelines last week to … ( read original story…
China says 13,000 Xinjiang ‘terrorists’ arrested since 2014
BEIJING – China says it has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in the traditionally Islamic region of Xinjiang since 2014 and broken up hundreds of “terrorist gangs.” The figures … ( read…
China says 13,000 ‘terrorists’ arrested in Xinjiang since 2014
BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in China have arrested almost 13,000 “terrorists” in the restive far western region of Xinjiang since 2014, the government said on Monday, in a lengthy policy paper … ( read original…
Global Private Equity Snaps Up Chinese Commercial Property
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Trade Fight With China Enters Overtime, With Tariffs a Costly Sticking Point
The business community, along with both Democrats and Republicans … a research firm with extensive experience in China, and one of the authors of the report. Businesses have long complained of … ( read original…
China’s Banks Have a Hidden Wave of Bad Debt
In the first half of 2018, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. allocated 43 percent of pre-provision profit to boosting capital reserves. At Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., impairment … ( read original story…
MEDIA – China’s banking and insurance regulator will release new reform paper – Shanghai Securities News
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China Wants Its Stock, Bond Markets to Step Up Funding Role
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Dilemma for Widodo as China casts shadow on Indonesia polls
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It’s been a good year for Beijing Culture, one of the lead production companies behind some the biggest films of the year in China. The company began as a tourism-management entity overseeing … ( read…
