WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump is stacking his trade transition team with veterans of the U.S. steel industry’s battles with China, signaling a potentially more aggressive approach to U.S. complaints of unfair Chinese subsidies…
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China to help 1MDB settle multi-billion-dollar legal dispute with Abu Dhabi: Financial Times
Malaysia’s state investment fund 1MDB is preparing to make a repayment with Chinese assistance to Abu Dhabi’s state-owned fund as it seeks to settle a US$6.5 billion (S$9.25 billion) dispute over an alleged breach of…
China to push reforms in 2017, financial risks rising: Xinhua
BEIJING China will forge ahead with supply-side reforms next year to deal with overcapacity and structural problems, while also moving to boost demand, the Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Top leaders are due to…
China banks agree debt restructuring deal with Sinosteel: Bank of China
BEIJING Bank of China (601988.SS) (3988.HK) and five other Chinese banks have signed a debt restructuring deal with troubled steelmaker Sinosteel, in what is among the first significant restructuring deals involving a state-owned enterprise. As…
China central bank chief economist expects property investment to slow in 2017: Xinhua
BEIJING China’s property investment is likely to slow in 2017 and fixed-asset investment growth could come under pressure, Xinhua news agency quoted Ma Jun, chief economist of the central bank, as saying. China’s foreign trade…
China’s Central Bank Could Be Chef—Or Soup
As the proverbial frog on the stovetop knows well, there’s a fine line between a comfortable bath and being served for dinner. In China, higher prices are good news for industrial firms. But consumer prices…
China’s banks are hiding more than $2 trillion in loans
Bank officials aren’t shy about the accounting sleight of hand, which is rampant across China. The bank had about $US39 billion in investment receivables in the third quarter, nearly as big as its loan portfolio,…
Why capital is fleeing China and what it means for Australia
Victoria State Government provides funding as a strategic partner of The Conversation AU. Foreign reserves at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), China’s central bank, fell for the fifth consecutive month in November, dropping by…
‘Nude selfies for loans’ scandal sheds light on China’s rampant underground banking
Details have been revealed of more than 100 more cases of young women college students in China who were forced to hand over naked selfies to ensure they would pay money back to loan sharks.…
China listed banks to see bad loans edging up: report
The average non-performing loans (NPL) rate of Chinese listed banks is forecasted to rise to about 1.8 percent by 2017, up from the forecasted 1.7 percent by the end 2016, Bank of China said in…
China factory prices rise, fanning fears interest rates will increase
… A higher reading in the producer price index than the index for consumer inflation creates a dilemma for China’s central bank. Maintaining low interest rates will discourage investors from keeping holdings in yuan, with…
China economy reflating as producer prices rise at fastest pace in five years
China’s central bank has not cut interest rates since October 2015, when worries about deflation were more pressing, opting instead for regular injections of funds into the financial system and targeted infusions of cash into…
China finance chief exit derails Japan hopes for yuan deal
BEIJING — When China’s reformist Finance Minister Lou Jiwei stepped down in November, Japan found its hopes of rekindling bilateral currency cooperation on rough terrain. The Chinese Ministry of Finance was thrown into confusion Nov.…
