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Beijing Investing in Network of Global Chinese Naval Bases, Researchers Find
A team of researchers have identified likely locations of future Chinese naval bases not only in the Indo-Pacific but as far away as the Atlantic coast of Africa. China invested in a “whole swath of…
China’s Latest Issue: Nobody Wants To Go There Anymore
Shanghai’s and Beijing’s airports are nearly deserted. Foreign investment is down 80 percent. Yet we all benefit from the exchange between cultures.
State Investors to Inject $1.7 Billion in Shenzhen Wafer Foundry
State investors including China’s biggest government-backed chip investment fund agreed to pour 12.6 billion yuan ($1.7 billion) into a wafer production project in Shenzhen as the country strives to …
China appears to be constructing airstrip on disputed South China Sea island that is also claimed by Taiwan
An airstrip appears to be being constructed by China on a disputed island in the South China Sea. The island is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.
U.S. SEC says will continue to carefully review China IPO prospectuses
The U.S. securities regulator will continue to carefully review issuer filings, it said on Wednesday in response to a Reuters report that Chinese offshore issuers are toning down China-related business risks in their listing documents.
Oil settles lower as China fears, rate hikes counter tight US supply
Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday despite a large drawdown in U.S. crude stocks as investors weighed worries about China’s embattled economy against expectations of tighter supply in the United States.
Dollar ticks higher versus yen, China fears drag on yuan
The Japanese yen further weakened against the dollar on Wednesday, hovering in a zone that last year triggered intervention, while the yuan slipped to a nine-month low as fears mounted about the extent of China’s…
China’s deepening property crisis threatens trouble
If property continues to weaken, the government may ask banks to offer more loans to the industry, says Michael Chang of cgs-cimb Securities, a broker. This would lower returns and also be a poor …
UPDATE 1-Foreign investors reduce China’s onshore bond holdings in July
Foreign institutions held 3.24 trillion yuan ($444 billion) in bonds traded on China’s interbank market as of the end of July, the central bank’s Shanghai head office said on Tuesday, down from 3.28 trillion yuan…
WTO rules against China retaliatory tariffs on US imports
GENEVA – World Trade Organisation (WTO) experts ruled on Wednesday that tariffs imposed by China on billions of dollars’ worth of US imports in retaliation for Washington’s steel and aluminium tariffs …
Chinese goods boycott to cost China Rs 1 lakh crore this festive season: CAIT
The festive season beginning from Raksha Bandhan till Diwali is expected to see around Rs 3 lakh crore business for traders, said CAIT.
CityLab Daily: Beijing Takes Its Cemeteries Into the Digital Age
Highways cost billions in lost home value and property taxes, and how the US Midwest became ground zero for the fight over carbon capture.