The slowdown in China’s property market continued in July, with major developers reporting a slump in contracted sales, further exacerbating their liquidity crisis.
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China property crisis: Country Garden, Vanke sales spiral as developers await measures to ease liquidity stress, stimulate demand
China allocates 450 mln yuan to post-disaster restoration in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) — Chinese authorities on Friday earmarked 450 million yuan (about 63 million U.S. dollars) to support post-disaster restoration in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei after torrential …
China ends Australian barley tariff
A COVID-19 trade war between China and Australia that led the communist country to slap an 80% tariff on Australian barley was called off on Friday, officials said.
‘Cash over country’: Navy sailors arrested, accused of passing US military info to China
Two Navy sailors were arrested and charged with transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to the Chinese government, officials said Thursday.
China to lift tariffs on Australian barley after 3 years
China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday it would drop anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Australian barley imports that had been in place for three years affecting billions of dollars of …
“We ran for our lives”: historic floods destroy Beijing couple’s home
For year, Beijing resident Gao enjoyed a big apartment in the city’s scenic west and a Class-E Mercedes Benz. He lost it all this week as a result of the most extreme rainfall to hit…
Huawei plots China smartphone revival with mobile operating system upgrade
Since 2019, Huawei has focused on trying to regain market share in China, finding some success. Huawei’s market share jumped to 13% in China in the second quarter of the year, up from 7.3% during…
China’s stubborn savers risk precipitating liquidity trap
China’s consumers and companies are tying up trillions of yuan in longer-dated deposits with banks, effectively taking a vast pool of money out of circulation and risking the kind of liquidity trap that hobbled Japan’s…
Biden’s semiconductor war with China slowly revealing cracks in the industry
The White House’s trade war with China over semiconductor chip manufacturing has begun to take a toll on companies worldwide as they navigate the growing web of industry restrictions.
The West’s de-risking strategy towards China will fail, says Chris Miller
The West shifted away from the tougher “decoupling” rhetoric and towards de-risking and “economic security” for two reasons. First, hawks in Japan and America needed softer language to keep on board …
More than a million displaced as China’s Hebei region reels from record rains
More than a million people have been relocated from their homes in China’s Hebei province following deadly flooding earlier this week, according to state media, as officials warned it could take a month for the…
Tourists aren’t going back to China – and that’s another problem for its stuttering economy
Just 52,000 people arrived on visits organized by travel agents in the first quarter of the year, The Wall Street Journal reported.
China’s policymakers keep investors waiting, but give liquidity assurance
Liquidity in China’s banking system would be kept reasonably ample, an official said during a press conference by the state planner on Friday that left investors dismayed by slow roll out of support for an…
