The battle to supply 1.4 billion people with fresh fruit and vegetables is taking China’s e-commerce companies into the country’s hinterlands, where they are attempting to revolutionize centuries-old … ( read original story …)
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Action key to reviving China-US relations
Key conversations have taken place between Beijing and Washington since Joe Biden took office as US president a month ago, and observers have voiced cautious optimism over relations. They said … ( read original story…
China Tightens Rules For Banks On Internet Lending
China’s bank regulator is tightening restrictions on internet loans made by commercial banks and looking more into online lenders, like Ant Group, in general. ( read original story …)
Deeper and deeper into debt
The prospect of sinking deeper into debt sounds scary even for an ordinary household. More so for a country, as excessive debt can force the government to cut back on social expenditures meant to ……
How China’s green finance slowdown threatens global climate ambitions
Growth in China’s green financing, even for its much-touted green bonds, appears to be stalling, as environmental priorities take a back seat in a year when the economy has struggled to recover from … (…
The China spectre
India s response to Chinese aggression has been bilateral in tenor, with almost no effort to signal to audiences beyond India and China … ( read original story …)
Paris: Protest against Pakistan, China ahead of FATF meet on terror financing
A protest was held outside the Financial Action Task Force premises in France’s Paris on February 20. The protestors included Uyghurs, Balochis, Tibetans, and Hong Kong dissidents. They sought … ( read original story …)
Juilliard Goes To China
The Juilliard School, the famed music, dance and drama school, has admitted its initial class of graduate students at its branch campus in Tianjin, China. The new Tianjin facility, about a 45-minute … ( read…
Huaxia Bank’s profit down 2.88 pct in 2020
Huaxia Bank a medium-sized Chinese lender saw its net profit fall last year according to its preliminary earnings estimate The … ( read original story …)
Mandelson says critics of Beijing human rights would be ‘proved wrong’
Mandelson, who has been advising party leader Sir Keir Starmer on how to boost his poll ratings, told the meeting that Premier Li Keqiang ‘would not be hearing complaints from the European side today’ ……
China’s provinces bank on high growth amid export rebound
China’s GDP growth in 2020 a ‘truly hard-won outcome’, says Premier Li Keqiang The release of the provincial growth targets is seen as a prelude to the annual session of the National People’s Congress ……
China regulator finalises guidelines on banks’ internet loan businesses
SHANGHAI: China’s bank regulator on Saturday tightened requirements on the internet loan business of commercial banks, amid heightened scrutiny of online lending by internet giants such as Ant Group … ( read original story …)
China raises rare earth quotas in ‘goodwill trade signal’ to US
Chinese companies allowed to increase output by more than a quarter amid reports that Beijing could aim export restrictions at US. ( read original story …)
