Vice President Joe Biden took an official trip to China in 2013, he brought along his son, Hunter Biden. Ten days after the trip, Hunter’s small investment firm partnered with the state-owned Bank of … ( read original…
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Chinese Companies Head Home to Raise Money, as Beijing’s Relations With U.S. Fray
China’s most ambitious and fastest-growing companies once flocked to U.S. markets to raise money. Since November, eight that originally went public in New York have added listings in Hong Kong. ( read original story …)
‘Taiwan Is Taiwan’: China Name Dispute Moves From Birds to Climate Change
China has ramped up pressure on international groups and companies, no matter how small or obscure, to refer to democratic Taiwan as being part of China, to the anger of Taiwan’s government and many ……
China’s Ping An Insurance boosts HSBC stake
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd , the biggest shareholder in HSBC Holdings Plc , has bought additional shares in the British bank to take its stake to 8% … ( read original…
Carbon monoxide kills 16 in coal mine in southwest China
The official Xinhua News Agency said that burning belts had caused the high level of carbon monoxide. It did not explain what the belts were. The mine in Qijiang district belongs to a local energy…
‘Two-headed Beast’: China’s Coal Addiction Erodes Climate Goals
China’s surprise pledge to slash its carbon footprint to zero by 2060 was met with cautious applause, but fresh spending on coal to rev up a virus-hit economy threatens to nullify its audacious bid to…
Global carmakers bet on China’s electric vehicle rebound
Global automakers are betting that electric vehicles will help China’s car market, the world’s biggest, rebound from a two-year downturn that has been intensified by the coronavirus pandemic. The … ( read original story …)
China’s industrial profits grow for fourth straight month
Profits at China’s industrial firms grew for the fourth straight month in August, buoyed in part by a rebound in commodities prices and equipment manufacturing, the statistics bureau said on Sunday. ( read original story…
China’s industrial profits grow 19.1% y/y in August
Profits at China’s industrial firms grew 19.1% year-on-year in August to 612.81 billion yuan, the statistics bureau said on Sunday, as the vast manufacturing sector extended its recovery from heavy … ( read original story…
China is doubling down on its territorial claims: here’s what you need to know
Since taking power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has helped cement China’s position as a global superpower — and pushed forward an aggressive foreign policy, making bolder moves in several … ( read original…
China’s foreign minister may visit Japan as early as October – NHK
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi may visit Japan as early as October for talks with his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, public broadcaster NHK reported. ( read original story …)
China Rebuked by West at U.N. Rights Forum on Hong Kong, Xinjiang
Western powers called on China on Friday to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held. The rare…
What Manila can study: Shenzhen, HK, GBA Next-Stage High-Growth Plan
It is a planned retransformation of part of the Pearl River Delta region, where, in the “reform and opening-up” vision of Deng Xiaoping, the sleepy fishing village town of Shenzhen with 30,000 people … (…
