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China’s central bank orders crackdown on online lenders to curb runaway credit
Skype removed from China Apple and Android app stores
These are external links and will open in a new window Image caption The Skype app has been removed on app stores in China Skype’s call and messaging service has been removed from app stores…
South Korea foreign minister in Beijing in effort to repair ties
BEIJING — The foreign ministers of South Korea and China on Wednesday affirmed their commitment to repair strained relations ahead of a visit by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Beijing next month and amid…
Beijing Capital Grand Breaks Into the 2017 Top 20 List of China’s Commercial Property Operators
Capital Grand has been very successful in terms of both business development and financial growth in recent years. The Company’s flagship project, Beijing Capital Outlets, has maintained an annual sales growth of more than 30%…
China widens personality cult around ‘unrivaled helmsman’ Xi
Efforts range from the trivial to the borderline hysterical, such as when state broadcaster China Central Television led its evening national news bulletin Friday with more than four minutes of uninterrupted clapping for Xi as…
Nation Brands 2017: China Rapidly Closing the Gap on U.S.
China is home to 50 of the world’s 500 most valuable brands, according to a recent report. In 2008, the nation had only eight companies on this list of global 500. With an increase of…
BRIEF-China SCE Property Holdings says NewUp Holdings acquired of 1.2 million shares of company
Nov 22 (Reuters) – China SCE Property Holdings Ltd : * NewUp holdings acquired an aggregate of 1.2 million ordinary shares of HK$0.10 each of company Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Our Standards:The…
China clamps down on online micro lending; U.S.-listed shares plunge
China took steps to rein in the rapidly growing and lightly regulated market for online micro-lenders in the government’s latest crackdown on internet finance, sending shares of U.S.-listed Chinese financial firms into a tailspin. A…
China counters EBMA anti-dumping evidence with own investigation, Bafang wades in
Quoting the document submitted to the EU by EBMA, China counters a claim that electric bikes are a European invention and one therefore the business is entitled to defend. The EBMA’s stance, says the opening…
China criticizes unilateral action after NK sanctions
China is North Korea’s main source of trade … the companies accused of trading with North Korea will be barred from holding U.S. assets or doing business in the United States. That followed President Donald…
Chinese shadow banking has slowed — but that’s not as good as it seems
That was just the latest stage of a crackdown from Beijing that has begun to show some signs of success. Broad shadow banking levels “barely grew” to 64.7 trillion Chinese yuan ($9.72 trillion) at the…
Beijing throws cold water on China’s fintech IPO wave
China has halted all approvals for new online lending companies, sending a chill through the country’s fast-growing fintech sector, which has produced some of the biggest and most well subscribed offshore listings this year. The…
China-based Companies Seek IPOs as Markets Reach All-time Highs
Bob McCooey, Nasdaq’s Chairman of Asia Pacific and Global Head of Capital Markets, spoke with CNBC Asia’s Squawk Box program on November 16. He discussed the YoY increase in China-based Initial Public Offerings in the…
