TOKYO (Reuters) – Weak demand in China and growing global fallout from the Sino-U.S. trade war took a heavier toll on factories across much of Asia in February, business surveys showed on Friday. ( read…
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‘Asset management’ an important concept in China’s real estate sector
The project, operated by Zhou’s institute and offering distance education and degree courses, was commissioned by the China Property Management Institute and the Open University of China, she said. Zh… ( read original story …)
China’s fledgling junk bond market spawns new breed of vulture funds
The risky but potentially lucrative business of trading in bonds on the verge of default is in its infancy in China, almost as new as the phenomenon of corporate defaults in the state-run economy. (…
China’s JD.com teams up with Farfetch to attract luxury shoppers
Foreign brands have struggled to crack China’s fast-moving online world alone, which has pushed them to try out partnerships with local players. Chinese e-commerce firms, meanwhile, lack the … ( read original story …)
Stocks Decline on China PMI, Trump-Kim Summit News: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks extended declines along with U.S. futures as investors fretted over the meaning of a sudden change in the schedule for the U.S.-North Korea summit, where leaders had previo… ( read original…
China’s ruling elite tell Xi they have ‘strengthened education’ of families
BEIJING (Reuters) – Members of the ruling elite of China’s governing Communist Party … the official Xinhua news agency said, offering a broad outline of the contents of their work reports. ( read original story…
Starbucks’ China rival Luckin Coffee taps three banks for U.S. IPO: sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese startup Luckin Coffee, which has ambitions to overtake Starbucks at home this year, has tapped three banks including Credit Suisse to work on a U.S. IPO in 2019, said peo……
HK regulator suspends former China brokerage exec for IPO sponsor guidelines breach
HONG KONG, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s financial watchdog has suspended the licence of a former senior banker at China Merchants Securities (CMS) for breaching its code of conduct about initial … ( read…
Worries that China trade talks are stalling weigh on stocks
Comments from a key U.S. trade negotiator stoked doubts overnight over how much progress was being made on resolving the trade war between the U.S. and China. There was more discouraging economic news … (…
China February factory activity shrinks to three-year low, export orders worst in a decade
BEIJING (Reuters) – Factory activity in China contracted to a three-year low in February as export orders fell at the fastest pace since the global financial crisis, highlighting deepening cracks in a… ( read original…
A bad U.S.-China trade deal might lead to good things for the WTO
This will mean focusing on reforming the WTO so that it can better address the challenges that China’s current state-driven approach to economic development presents for foreign firms doing business w… ( read original story…
Maple leaf and hockey sticks: Tim Hortons shrugs off the politics to go all-Canadian in China
People were wrapping around the block. So I think it was a good day.” The China expansion is out of the Restaurant Brands International Inc. playbook. RBI, which owns Tim Hortons, Burger King … (…
In Beijing, You Have to Win a License Lottery to Buy a New Car
It’s not the half-million-yuan price tag keeping Beijing resident Sandra Zhao from buying her dream car, a BMW X4 SUV. It’s the license plate she needs to have a conventional gasoline car. She’s been ……
