Ant Group, the fintech arm of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding , has made a preparatory filing with China’s securities regulator for its planned blockbuster initial public offering. ( read original story …)
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China recovery hopes dented by fall in retail sales – business live
As the first country to be hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the first to ease lockdown rules, China is a litmus test for global economic prospects. So it’s rather concerning that retail spending ……
Shenzhen mall in lockdown after suspected coronavirus case
The IBC Mall in Shenzhen’s Luohu district was sealed off and under police supervision on Friday evening, with around 200 people queuing outside waiting for COVID-19 tests from medical personnel in … ( read original…
China is set to expand its digital currency testing program to large cities, including Beijing
China’s commerce ministry has officially said that it would expand the digital currency testing program to large cities, including the capital Beijing.The post China is set to expand its digital … ( read original story…
China attacks new US demand to register Confucius Institutes
China accused the United States on Friday of trying to “demonize and stigmatize” relations between the two countries, in a scathing attack on the Trump administration’s … ( read original story …)
China’s Confucius Institute Hits Back Against Pompeo ‘Sabre Rattling’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Confucius Institute’s allowing people to learn about Chinese language and culture is part of China’s “propaganda apparatus.” … ( read original story …)
On China, Biden may have little choice but to continue Trump’s hard-line policy
Biden will rally allies and set a new tone, yet underneath his China policy may look closer to Trump’s than to Obama’s a decade ago. ( read original story …)
Wall Street futures retreat as China data disappoints
U.S. stock index futures retreated on Friday with attention turning to retail sales figures for signs of a domestic rebound after Chinese figures pointed to a wobbly economic recovery from the … ( read original…
China’s economic recovery underwhelms as consumer comeback stays elusive
China’s retail sales slipped in July, dashing expectations for a modest rise, as consumers in the world’s second-largest economy failed to shake off wariness about the coronavirus, while the factory … ( read original story…
China reports finding coronavirus on imported chicken. But here’s why experts say you shouldn’t panic
China says the virus was detected on a surface sample from a batch of chicken wings imported from Brazil. It’s a shocking headline, we know. China reported they found coronavirus on chicken imported … (…
China’s national security law triggering radical transformation of Hong Kong’s human rights
Despite pledges from top Hong Kong officials that the draconian national security law, which contains 66 articles and criminalizes succession and subversion, to terrorism and collusion, would only … ( read original story …)
China to Launch Major Expansion of Digital Currency Trials
China is planning a major expansion of testing for the central bank-led digital yuan, according to a Wall Street Journal Report on Friday. The country’s Ministry of Commerce … ( read original story …)
China air pollution falls 10.8% because of coronavirus slowdown
China saw average concentrations of lung-damaging airborne particles known as PM2.5 fall by 10.8% from January to July as industry slowed because of the coronavirus, data showed on Friday, though … ( read original story…
