Trade data suggests China’s manufacturers are assembling fewer end products there and instead shipping materials to Southeast Asia for final assembly.
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Supply chains may be moving out of China and into Asia — but they aren’t really decoupling from the country
China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged in September
China’s banks kept their benchmark loan rates unchanged for September, after the economy showed signs of stabilization following recent policy support.
Is China exporting deflation to the rest of the world?
This means that China’s export price deflation is likely to be a modest disinflation force for the rest of the world. The costs and, critically in recent months, the profit margins that emerge later …
So what if China has 7nm chips now, there’s no Huawei it can do that ‘at scale’
Or so says US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo Further escalating the rivalry between the US and China, America’s Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo earlier today voiced open dismay over Huawei putting …
UPDATE 1-Japan’s exports extend declines as China slowdown bites
Japan’s exports fell in August for a second straight month, weighed by declines in China’s demand for steel and heavy oil and stoking fears of a downturn in the face of elevated interest rates.
Old domestic brands make strong online resurgence
On Sept 9, China’s top online product influencer Li Jiaqi kicked off a controversy when he defended on Taobao Live — Alibaba Group’s livestreaming platform — a Chinese cosmetics brand that sells an …
Oil markets’ decades-long dependence on China could be ending
China’s oil demand is peaking by the end of the decade, and with its economic recovery still in limbo, how much can the global oil markets still rely on it?
Xi’s economic policies are leaving many China watchers perplexed and confused
“Xi is a reaction to the weakening of the Party through the expansion of the economy, and a determination to recapture the power of the Party,” says Stevenson-Yang, who testified in front of the U.S.
Billboard China & TME Partner to Release ‘THE ONE Endless Dream’ Album
On Sept. 15, Billboard China and QQ Music, a subsidiary of Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), launched the original music collection THE ONE Endless Dream.
China LGFV Bond Sales Boom Again as Beijing Steps Up Support
China’s local government financing vehicles are staging a comeback in credit markets, with a surge in yuan bond sales as Beijing intensifies efforts to defuse risks from the debt-laden group of …
China factories with Asean aspirations are lining up for a look at Vietnam, and industrial parks are cashing in
The just-concluded China-Asean Expo in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region shows how Chinese manufacturers are increasingly keen on diversifying supply chains Moving production could save China’s …
‘Republic of China Taiwan’ exists no matter how much Beijing ignores ‘median line’, Taipei says
Island’s foreign ministry pushes back after Beijing says Taiwan is a part of China’s territory and insists there is no median line.
Marketmind: China Rates Eyed, Oil Hits New High
The Fed will almost certainly keep rates on hold at 5.25% to 5.50%. Rates futures markets are pricing in a 30% likelihood of a quarter point hike in November or 40% chance it will be…
