BEIJING — China is preparing to retaliate if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump raises duties on Chinese goods and already has toughened its stance, an American business group said Wednesday. Trump, who is due to be…
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China Minsheng Banking : 2016 China Enterprise-issued USD Bonds to USD127bn
BEIJING, January 18, SinoCast — According to Dealogic’s statistics, in 2016, domestic enterprises issued 258 USD-denominated bonds, worth USD 127.14 billion, the second highest just following USD 14.06 billion in 2014 since 2007, growing 20%…
Innisfree collaborates with POSPi and Bank of China to launch mobile payment in China
AmorePacific-owned beauty brand, Innisfree, collaborates with mobile retail solutions company, POSPi, and Bank of China, to launch its mobile point of sale (POS) solution in Chinese branches. Mintel reports that in 2017, brands will be…
China's Central Bank Finds Bitcoin Exchanges Out of Step on Regulation
The business management division of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has reportedly released the results of a previously announced inspection of domestic bitcoin trading platforms. In reports today, the central bank is said to…
Banking sector can handle NPLs
The Chinese banking system is healthy and can handle its nonperforming loans, China Huarong Asset Management Co Ltd Chairman Lai Xiaomin said. “My confidence comes from the fact that the banking system has been making…
China Central Bank Injects A Record 1.035 Trillion In Bank Liquidity This Week
Heading into the Chinese Lunar New Year, local banks are suddenly starved for liquidity like never before. On Tuesday China’s benchmark money-market rate jumped the most in two years, with unprecedented cash injections by the…
China’s US Treasury debt holdings fall for 6th straight month
“Perhaps this does suggest that there is further pressure on the Chinese central bank to sell Treasuries to raise cash in order to meet those capital outflows,” he added. China’s yuan currency had weakened around…
Chinese-funded Silkroad Int'l Bank opens in Djibouti
Dawaleh said the opening of the bank was the latest example of China’s long-term support for infrastructure development in Djibouti. The Chinese government is developing the best relations with Djibouti based on the principles of…
China's move to relax foreign investment restrictions too late for ANZ
However, many foreign banks and investment groups, including Australia’s ANZ, have already sold out of their interests in China, frustrated by the slow pace of reforms. Earlier this month, ANZ sold its 20 per cent…
Foreign business skeptical of China’s promised opening
The State Council said on its website that China would lower restrictions on foreign investment in a broad range of financial services, plus telecommunications, the internet, culture, education and transport sectors. It also said it…
China economic growth to slow slightly this year as policymakers focus on risks
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy will likely expand 6.5 percent this year as authorities tolerate a further slowdown so they can focus on containing increasing financial risks, but a weakening yuan will complicate their policy…
U.S. lobby says China protectionism fuelling foreign business pessimism
BEIJING (Reuters) – More than 80 percent of members of a U.S. business lobby in China say foreign companies are less welcome than in the past, a survey released on Wednesday showed, with most saying…
Stricter financial supervision needed before exchange rate flows freely
Xie Yaxuan, chief economist with China Merchants Securities, has said the country needs to strengthen financial supervision before allowing the yuan to float freely. He added, however, that a free-floating yuan will not be a…
