(Bloomberg) — China’s benchmark government debt is the closest in years to yielding just 3%. Escalations in global trade tensions since April have put a damper on sentiment, helping spur a rally in … (…
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China’s sovereign digital currency is ‘almost ready’: PBOC official
YICHUN, China/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank is “almost ready” to issue the country’s own sovereign digital currency, a senior central bank officer said. Mu Changchun … ( read original story …)
Breakingviews – Cathay Pacific yields to its Beijing co-pilot
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) – Beijing officials have crowded the cockpit at Cathay Pacific Airways. Hong Kong’s unofficial flag carrier is allowing China to vet staff flying to and over the … ( read original…
Beijing’s Chaoyang district in big talent push
Chaoyang district in Beijing has adopted flexible policies and will build online platforms to attract high-quality talent to increase new growth points in business. The move comes amid intense … ( read original story …)
What will Beijing do next to squeeze Taiwan in the run-up to the presidential election?
With the countdown already under way to Taiwan’s presidential election, Beijing has embarked on a campaign of its own. In the past few weeks, it has suspended permits for individual travellers from 47 … (…
U.S.-China trade war leaves Europe as collateral damage
FRANKFURT — Like a sleek Mercedes crunched between two freight trucks, Europe’s economy is being knocked off course by the conflict between the U.S. and China over trade. The bill for damages from … (…
‘I have to get President Trump’s attention’: A mother’s anguish as her son faces the death penalty in China
That’s it. There’s no forensic evidence,” said Kamm, who has helped free hundreds of prisoners in China since the 1990s, in an interview with Global News. “Even with Chinese officials … ( read original story…
Typhoon Lekima leaves 32 dead in China, disrupts travel
Lekima, China’s ninth typhoon this year … estimating the economic losses at 16.6 billion yuan (USD $2.35 billion), the state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday. Xinhua reported that Qingdao … ( read original story…
There’s no easy path forward in Canada’s dispute with China, but there is a moral one
The Chinese embassy in Canada quickly issued an aggressive response, declaring that, “Hong Kong affairs are purely China’s internal affairs,” going on to chide Canada for making “irresponsible” and … ( read original story …)
Andy Murray to play Zhuhai and Beijing singles tournaments in China
Former world number one Andy Murray is to step up his return to singles by playing events in Zhuhai and Beijing. The Briton will make his singles return at this week’s Cincinnati Masters – seven…
Hong Kong Protesters Defy Beijing Warnings, as Police Fire Tear Gas
HONG KONG — Defying warnings from China of a crackdown if they continued more than two months of protests, young demonstrators blocked a vital tunnel under Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor on Saturday, … ( read…
Paid ‘news’: China using Taiwan media to win hearts and minds on island – sources
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The articles on the website of the leading Taiwan newspaper were gushing about a new Chinese government program to lure Taiwanese entrepreneurs to the mainland. China “treated … ( read original story…
Crop invaders: China’s small farmers struggle to defeat armyworm
MENGHAI, China (Reuters) – Yan Wenliu leans on the side of his cart as he prepares to leave his sugarcane field in Southwest China, bewildered by the formidable new pest that has ambushed his ……
