Hundreds marched Sunday in protest against alleged corruption by local officials in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, multiple participants told AFP, in a rare public demonstration in the tightly …
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Laughing all the way to the Development Bank: China mulls another monstrous stimmy plan
It looks like China has at last run out of patience with its gently, gently approach to a COVID-cracked and property-punctured 2022 economy.
Chinese Protesters Demanding Bank Deposits Tussle With Security Men
Several people protesting in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou over the freezing of deposits by some rural-based banks said they were injured on Sunday when heavy-handed security personnel dispersed the …
China employed ‘Debt Trap Diplomacy’ to gain strategic edge over Sri Lanka: Think tank
China is now the second-largest lender to Sri Lanka, holding more than 10 per cent of Sri Lanka’s outstanding foreign debt in 2019.
High costs of disengagement for China
In this new era of strategic competition between China and the West, disengagement is the order of the day. While this trend will impede economic growth, increase business costs (via supply-chain …
China employed ‘Debt Trap Diplomacy’ to gain strategic edge over SL: Think tank
China employed its devious ‘Debt Trap Diplomacy’ to gain a strategic edge over Sri Lanka, an independent foreign policy think tank said on Saturday after Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe …
Digital Money And Technology: Central Bank Digital Currency And The Case Of China
Opening remarks at Peer-Learning Series on Digital Money/Technology: Central Bank Digital Currency and the Case of China ; By Krishna Srinivasan. D …
Weekly Commentary: Revisiting The Bursting China Bubble
U.S. “tech” Bubble was financed, at the margin, by high-yield debt (telecom, in particular), speculative hedge fund levered finance, and GSE liquidity. Read more.
China Can Widen Deficit to Support Economy: Former Finance Chief
China can consider increasing its budget deficit to provide more support for small businesses battered by Covid outbreaks and weak consumption, a former finance minister suggested on Saturday.Most …
Hong Kong’s Paul Chan Says China’s Economy Will Rebound Quickly
China’s economy is expected to recover quickly after a pandemic-induced hit, said Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan.
NASA Head Warned China May Try To Claim the Moon. That’s Unlikely.
China became the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the Moon, even as China and Russia announced joint plans to reach the lunar south pole by 2026. Some Chinese officials…
METALS-Copper slides on China demand fears and stronger dollar
Copper prices fell on Friday as worries about demand in top consumer China were reinforced by a stronger dollar. Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 1% at $7,743 a tonne…
NASA’s head warned that China may try to claim the Moon – two space scholars explain why that’s unlikely to happen
China and the U.S. both have big plans for the Moon, but there are a number of reasons why no country could actually claim ownership of any land there. 3dScultor/iStock via Getty ImagesNASA …