Beijing, meanwhile, seemed to have a different rationale for re-engaging with the U.S.: the need to steady its faltering post-COVID economic and address youth unemployment that’svover 20%. (Xi even …
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China’s Premier Li Qiang will attend Paris Finance Summit – Foreign Ministry
China’s Premier Li Qiang will attend the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, Mao Ning, a foreign ministry spokesperson, said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Tuesday.
Ex-China central bank deputy head arrested for suspected bribery
A former deputy governor of China’s central bank, Fan Yifei, has been arrested for suspected bribery, China’s top prosecutor said on Tuesday. Fan, 59, is the highest-ranking official at the People’s …
‘China’s party-state wants to silence any voice announcing bad financial news’
OP-ED. The Chinese authorities are tightening controls on financial reporting and trying to conceal local authorities’ colossal debts, notes legal expert Isabelle Feng.
What is China’s role at the Paris summit for a new global financial pact?
The conference aims for financial reforms to unlock funds so developing countries can address climate change and other challenges.
China Cuts Key Interest Rates, Hoping to Kick-Start Flagging Economy
The reduction in the rates, which are used to set corporate loans and home mortgages, signal concern that the country’s post-pandemic rebound is stalling.
China’s central bank cuts two benchmark interest rates
China’s central bank on Tuesday cut two benchmark interest rates, following several similar measures last week in a bid to counter the post-Covid growth slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy.
China cuts two more key lending rates as economy sputters
The People’s Bank of China cut another key policy rate on Tuesday for the first time in 10 months, as the world’s second largest economy shows signs of stalling.
WRAPUP 9-Xi, Blinken agree to stabilize US-China relations in Beijing talks
Biden says U.S.-China relations on “right trail” Could pave way for Xi-Biden summit, world watching By Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING, June 19 (Reuters) – China and the United States agreed on Monday to …
Asian stocks pause rally, eyeing China stimulus, Powell testimony
Asian shares started cautiously on Monday after their best weekly run in five months, as investors looked ahead to China’s rate decision and U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimonies for …
Beijing’s ties with Moscow behind hardening Polish views on China
Last summer, with Russia’s gruelling war in Ukraine shifting the geopolitical sands in Europe, Beijing dispatched a veteran envoy to tour the bloc’s eastern front. Beijing’s cosy ties with Moscow had …
Blinken in Beijing: Wang Yi says US’ ‘erroneous perception’ of China to blame for worsening ties
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Monday urged the United States to “reflect deeply” and manage differences with Beijing, while attributing worsening ties to Washington’s “erroneous perception” of China …
China bankers told to shun flashy clothes, 5-star hotels in austerity drive
Financial professionals are among the highest-paid workers in communist China and their wealth and flashy lifestyles have often come under criticism from the public on social media as the economy …