China’s banking regulator has instructed trust companies to rein in funding to the nation’s booming real estate sector, intensifying a campaign to curb risks in both the property market and the shadow-finance industry. The China Banking Regulatory ... ( read original story ...)
China clamps down on excess steel as Japan decries Trump ‘protectionism’
Twenty-nine Chinese steel firms have had their licenses revoked as Beijing kept up its campaign to tackle overcapacity in the sector and days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would open a probe into cheap steel exports from China and elsewhere. ( read original story ...)
1st farmer lawsuit on deck against Syngenta over China trade
The first of tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits is about to go to trial against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to introduce a genetically engineered corn seed variety to the U.S. market before China had approved it for imports. ( read original story ...)
China Mobile shares fall amid talk of Singapore acquisition
HONG KONG -- Shares in China Mobile were falling in Hong Kong on Monday, after reports that the Chinese wireless carrier has been approached about buying into a Singapore-based telecommunications company. At one point on Monday, the company's stock price ... ( read original story ...)
China policymakers bullish on economy, cite strong first-quarter GDP, stable yuan
Speaking at a G20 summit meeting of the world's top economies in Washington last week, finance minister Xiao Jie said an increasing number of positive signs were seen in the Chinese economy in the first quarter gross domestic product report. China is ... ( read original story ...)
China's strong first-quarter growth highlights positive signs: finance minister
In a notice published on the Ministry of Finance's website on Saturday, Xiao told a G20 summit meeting of the world's top economies that China is making progress on supply-side structural reforms. Over the past two years, Beijing has promoted supply-side ... ( read original story ...)
Ivanka Trump's brand focused on China during 2016 campaign
SHANGHAI --Ivanka Trump’s brand intensified its work in China as her father closed in on the Republican nomination for U.S. president, with her company applying for nearly twice as many trademarks in a five-month span as it had in the preceding eight years. ( read original story ...)
Retail brands from China defying stereotype to set up shop in Singapore
"Our quality is good, that's why our prices are not low-end," said Yishion general manager Raymond Shen. The retailer sends all its clothing to quality control labs in China before shipping it. (The Straits Times/Feline Lim) When Chinese sportswear brand ... ( read original story ...)
Eyeing U.S. market, Chinese automaker may change Trumpchi brand name
The company says any similarity between the brand name and that of the U.S. president was unintentional. Working from similar sounds to the Chinese name, GAC came up with "trump" for being the best and "chi" for China, Zhang said. "This is a complete ... ( read original story ...)
China Defends Its Handling of the Ivanka Trump Brand's Trademark Application
"That's a slippery slope that may require her or Jared to step out of the room". Barriers to investment remain high, the American Chamber of Commerce in China said, despite China's attempts to project an image of globalisation and openness. "Most people in ... ( read original story ...)