China’s calmest offshore credit market in years will be tested in coming months by maturities at major developers and ongoing weakness in the property market.
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Apple is offering temporary discounts on its iPhones and other products in China, in an extremely rare move for Apple that comes as competition within Asia’s smartphone market grows more intense.
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Xi Jinping urges loyalty from China’s courts and law enforcers to ‘defuse’ social and financial risks
Chinese leader says judicial and law enforcement authorities should ‘uphold the absolute leadership’ of the Communist Party.
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The People’s Bank of China has defied market expectations of providing a much-needed economic boost through additional easing measures by opting to maintain a crucial interest rate unchanged.
Report: Black market keeps Nvidia chips flowing to China military, government
For China, which has firmly opposed the US export controls every step of the way, these curbs remain a persistent problem despite maintaining access through the burgeoning black market. On Monday, a …
China may be losing its sway over Taiwanese business
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Vantage with Palki Sharma COVID-19 may possibly make a rebound in China this January, with the JN.1 sub-variant highly likely to develop into the dominant variant in the country. Hospitals across …
Mysterious UFO sighting over Beijing sparks SpaceX speculation
Reports of the UFO extended beyond Beijing, with sightings documented in Tianjin and the central province of Shanxi and Shandong in the east. Witnesses commonly described the object as a “misty ball of light” swiftly…
Taiwan condemns ‘fallacious’ Chinese comments on its election and awaits unofficial US visit
Taiwan on Sunday condemned what it said were “fallacious comments” by China following the self-governing island’s presidential and parliamentary election the previous day. The verbal sparring did not bode well for the future of Taiwan’s…
Toy manufacturers’ shift from China is no child’s play
Toy makers grappling with surging costs in China are finding no easy options when it comes to shifting production to cheaper centres elsewhere. Six years ago, monopoly maker Hasbro approached Indian …