One of the first things visitors to the southern Chinese city of Liuzhou notice is the quiet. Missing is the incessant noise of throbbing engines and clashing gears that provides the backdrop to daily …
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Biden Takes A Shot Against China’s Massive Solar Industry. Why It Matters.
On Thursday afternoon, the White House said four companies key to China’s solar panel supply would have restricted access to the U.S. market. Some said that the move was tepid. A closer look suggests …
China Focus: Increased infrastructure spending promises new growth engine in western China
People traveling from Chengdu in southwest China’s Sichuan Province can now check in their baggage from their hotels and board their flights using facial recognition at the new Chengdu Tianfu …
Ontario Teachers’ TIP leads financing of China’s CD Finance
CD Finance, a rural service institution focused on small and micro-businesses in rural China, has raised 1 billion yuan ($154 million) in financing.
How China Is Cracking a Window for Its Bond Investors: QuickTake
China is taking another step to loosen its capital controls and in the process is giving onshore investors greater access to a previously hard-to-reach bond market. The so-called southbound link of …
How China’s Growing Influence On Hong Kong Could Shape Financial Markets
NPR’s Sarah McCammon speaks with Primrose Riordan of the Financial Times about China’s increasingly tight grip on Hong Kong — and what it might mean for one of the world’s busiest financial centers.
US-China tech war: how one dumped Apple supplier’s fate shows the pain of global supply chain politics
Ofilm’s fall from grace is one of the clearest examples yet of how obscure parts of the global supply chain can be ensnared by US-China relations.
China-Australia relations: ‘long list of claims’ may follow Beijing’s unprecedented WTO complaint
That China has chosen to dispute Australia’s duties imposed years ago – in 2014, 2015 and 2019 – suggests ‘a tit-for-tat’ response that varies from Beijing’s ‘usual strategy’, a trade lawyer suggests.
China issues 2.55 trln yuan in local gov’t bonds in Jan.-May
China’s local governments have issued nearly 2.55 trillion yuan (about 393.37 billion U.S. dollars) worth of bonds in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Finance. Of the …
China’s central bank leads Fed in weaning economy off stimulus
China’s central bank is a step ahead of its US counterpart in reining in its Covid-19 emergency stimulus, relieving potential market pressure from the Federal Reserve’s looming shift in policy.
Senators call on Biden to sanction Beijing over closure of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily
A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Biden to impose sanctions on the Chinese Communist Party for shutting down the Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, a move that has added to ongoing …
China holds central bank bills swap ops
BEIJING: The People’s Bank of China, the central bank, conducted this year’s sixth central bank bills swap (CBS) operation on Friday to improve the liquidity of perpetual bonds issued by commercial …
World Bank approves 630 mln USD for China environmental projects
The World Bank has approved loans worth 630 million U.S. dollars to finance two environmental projects in China to help reduce plastic pollution and support green investment in the country. The World …
