In just a few days I, along with EDF+Business’ Xixi Chen, will be traveling across China to talk with companies and students about corporate energy management. The trip comes one week after China’s “Golden Week”—the…
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China to issue first dollar bonds since 2004, in Hong Kong
China’s Ministry of Finance has revealed plans to sell US … Chinese corporates have undertaken business expansion globally, which require dollar-denominated funding in recent years. But companies which choose to raise funds through the Asian…
Trump Is Warned His Intellectual-Property Probe Risks a Trade War With China
The Trump administration’s probe into China’s intellectual-property practices threatens to spark a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, according to an official representing Chinese industry. “We are quite confused and greatly … (…
Apple and IBM to Blame China for Infringing On Intellectual Property Rights
US industry groups representing Apple ( AAPL) , IBM ( IBM) and other tech giants have blamed China’s rules on inbound investment for infringing the intellectual property rights of US companies. Repeating a complaint likely…
China close to matching US in foreign aid flow — but often with Beijing’s own interests in mind
While China could be set to usurp the U.S. as the leading donor of foreign aid throughout much of the developed world, AidData researchers stressed the country’s lack of transparency meant its aid activities remained…
Unprecedented trove of data maps China’s growing global reach and self-interest of its aid
On the list of China’s contributions overseas, there is hurricane relief, books and mosquito nets. But it is the grants and loans for building national roads — even a nuclear power plant — that have…
China’s secret aid empire uncovered
They tracked money flows from China to recipient countries using news reports, official embassy documents and aid and debt information from China’s counterparts. Piece by painstaking piece, the information came together to draw a relatively…
China catching up to U.S. in foreign aid flow: report
China gave or lent $354.4 billion in the 15 years ending in … The 5-year-old project used a computerized system to look for information from more than 15,000 sources including news reports, Chinese government offices,…
China to Debtors: Pay Up or Be Shamed
China’s online giants were not mentioned in official news reports about the plans, but experts say they are likely to play a major role in the establishment of nationwide credit-scoring systems. Ant Financial — an…
BMW eyes China joint venture with Great Wall: source
“Our business development with the joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive will continue as planned, and we will carry on to invest and develop our joint venture.” A Great Wall official declined to comment. BMW’s China…
China’s Communist Party makes final preparations for key congress
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party opened a meeting on Wednesday to make final preparations for a key party congress later this month, state media said, a five-yearly event where President Xi Jinping is expected…
Hong Kong regulator expands IPO probe to 15 banks and securities firms
UBS and Standard Chartered are being sued by the SFC for their roles in the 2009 IPO offering of China Forestry Holdings, which was suspended in 2011 and is being liquidated. Standard Chartered closed its…
Chinese youngsters’ favorite streaming site Bilibili plans for IPO
Baidu’s iQIYI, often known as the “Netflix of China”, is also reportedly filling for an IPO in the U.S., according to Bloomberg. No major video streaming sites in China have turned a profit yet. When…