Has China’s labour market reached a point where long years of high growth have led to demand for labour outstripping supply, resulting in a sharp rise in wages? All economic discussion on China, whether on…
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XI WARNS TRUMP: ‘Negative factors’ are hurting US-China relations
REUTERS/Carlos Barria BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Monday that “some negative factors” were hurting US-China relations, as tensions flare anew over a slew of long-standing sore points. Xi’s comments…
China’s $9tn bond market opens up to foreign investors
The Bond Connect programme is Beijing’s latest attempt to open up its financial markets and attract foreign capital. China’s $9 trillion bond market is the third-largest in the world, but only 2% of Chinese bonds…
China’s IPOs surge in first 6 months of 2017 as stock market stabilizes
China has been on an initial public offerings (IPO) frenzy in the first six months of 2017, with 247 companies going public, and a total IPO fundraising of 125.4 billion yuan (18.3 billion US dollars).…
China widens investor access as bond trading link launches
Global investor access to China’s financial markets is widening further with the launch of a bond trading link with Hong Kong. Officials banged a gong and clinked glasses of champagne on Monday morning as they…
The China-UK property connect
Jeremy Helsby, CEO of Savills plc, says the potential of China’s property industry is immense. [Photo provided to China Daily] On a rainy afternoon in Shanghai, Jeremy Helsby asks for English breakfast tea to refresh…
China clamps down on pirate trademark ransoms for famous brands
A string of cases involving famous trademarks have recently made headlines in China. True, the cases of Facebook, upmarket grocer Fortnum & Mason, former basketball player Michael Jordan, MGM Studios and Esso were clear victories…
Has China miscalculated on the border? Or, is this a deliberate provocation?
As with much of China’s foreign policy, it is difficult to figure out whether China’s actions at the China-Bhutan-India border trijunction is an example of China misperceiving how far it can push without creating a…
China’s Xi talks tough on Hong Kong as thousands protest for democracy
Chinese President Xi Jinping swore in Hong Kong’s new leader on Saturday with a stark warning that Beijing won’t tolerate any challenge to its authority in the divided city as it marked the 20th anniversary…
China’s Xi: No tolerance for subversion in Hong Kong
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Saturday that any activities in Hong Kong seen as threatening China’s sovereignty and stability would be “absolutely impermissible,” employing some of his harshest language yet against burgeoning separatist sentiment in…
China Vanke wins Guangzhou land auction with $8.1bn bid
China Vanke, the property group which fended-off China’s highest-profile hostile takeover attempt this year, has paid $8.1bn for land in the southern city of Guangzhou, in what is thought to be the most costly land…
China factory growth unexpectedly quickens, but debt risks pressure economy
China’s factories grew at the quickest pace in three months in June, buoyed by strong new orders in a sign of stabilizing growth, though analysts expect a further slowdown in the world’s second-biggest economy is…
China strongly protests US arms sales to Taiwan
China on Friday strongly protested a U.S. plan to sell $1.4 billion worth of arms to Taiwan and demanded that the deal be canceled. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the sale would severely…
