China has enforced strict regulations on its tech platforms over the past year. But this crackdown has sparked such instability in financial markets that the government may be having second thoughts.
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Amid Low Birth Rate Worries, China Increases Pressure on Women
As Beijing grapples with a coming demographic crisis, China’s state media are taking aim at feminism and abortion services.
China invading Taiwan remains a top economic concern: Interactive Brokers founder
The war in Ukraine and ensuing sanctions have placed pressure on Russian and global industries throughout various sectors. However, Interactive Brokers Group founder and chairman Thomas Peterffy says …
‘Companies are beginning to panic’: Experts say China’s lockdowns will make inflation and the supply chain nightmare even worse
Experts say China’s lockdowns will lead to a supply chain crunch on the west coast of the U.S. in the coming weeks, adding to four-decade high inflation.
China moves to boost market sentiment as investor doubts grow over economic outlook
Securities regulator meets to discuss ‘sensitive issues’ and says it must respond to market concerns Increasing gloom about the country’s economic prospects after the Shanghai lockdown have hit stock …
India says China must be treated as equal creditor when restructuring Sri Lanka debt
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she told the IMF and World Bank that ‘all creditors must be treated equally and with transparency’.
Interview: Bridging the finance divide crucial to development goals, says senior UN official
A finance divide between rich and poor countries sharply curtails the latter’s ability to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and respond to further shocks, said Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General …
As dominant creditor, China must ‘step up’ on debt restructuring: Indonesia Finance Minister
WASHINGTON: As the world’s dominant creditor, China must demonstrate leadership in addressing the growing debt problem facing many low-income and emerging market countries around the world, this …
China central bank pledges to support economy amid crippling Covid outbreaks
well below Beijing’s target, citing widespread lockdowns and supply chain disruptions. Foreign finance houses also have been downgrading their forecasts. Japanese investment bank Nomura on Thursday …
Market check: Stocks fall, China stocks sell-off as central banks tighten
The employment market, the job market is too hot. All right, just think about that. That’s an incredible thing to say. So it’s not just 50 basis points for the next three or four meetings.…
China Matters explores the promise of smart cities in Guiyang
Why smart cities? From all perspectives, it ticks all the boxes: innovation, technology and new economy. On a day-to-day basis, it makes our urban environments more liveable, it saves energy, keeps …
China’s Antigraft Watchdog Probes Former CEO of China Merchants Bank
The country’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Friday that Tian Huiyu was placed under investigation. He was abruptly removed from the helm of the state-backed lender days before.
Ex-China Merchants Bank president Tian Huiyu is being investigated by top anti-corruption watchdog for suspected breach of ‘party’s discipline and law’
Tian undergoing top anti-corruption watchdog’s ‘disciplinary review, monitoring and investigations’, according to online notice Analysts confident bank’s performance and outlook will not be affected …