East China’s Nanjing City, which witnessed the country’s latest resurgence of cluster infections of coronavirus attributable to the Delta variant, cleared all medium and high-risk areas for COVID-19 …
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Baidu’s $1bn bond draws strong demand despite China tech crackdown
Baidu, China’s leading search engine, has raised $1bn in a heavily oversubscribed bond sale on strong appetite from investors even as its shares have been hit by Beijing’s regulatory crackdown on tech …
Tencent warns of more regulations ahead, pledges to work with China regulators on gaming
Chinese regulators have released new rules for the technology sector from antitrust to data protection. Tencent’s president believes there could be more ahead.
New runway in Strait puts Beijing’s jets ever closer to Taiwan
China is to build an airport on reclaimed land in the contested Taiwan Strait, amid rising tensions and near-constant drills by its military forces.
Has America Already Lost the South China Sea to Beijing?
Beijing, for instance, has proclaimed repeatedly, loudly and stridently that it commands “indisputable sovereignty” within a nine-dash line enclosing some 80–90 percent of the South China Sea.
China warns Taiwan about U.S. commitment by highlighting Afghanistan retreat
Rodger Baker of Stratfor said China has sought to portray the U.S. as a “weak and unreliable power” following the Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan.
China seen holding benchmark rate steady in Aug, but weak data fans rate cut talk
China is expected to keep its benchmark lending rate unchanged for the 16th straight month at its August fixing on Friday, but some traders and analysts believe a cut may be needed soon amid signs…
China reports further drop in new local COVID-19 cases
China reported on Thursday a further decline in new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the country’s current outbreak, now in its fourth week.
China’s under-pressure Huarong reveals $15bn loss
Huarong Asset Management has unveiled investment agreements with Chinese companies, including state-backed Citic, as the under-pressure bad debt manager announced it lost more than Rmb100bn ($15.4bn) …
China’s Births May Drop to Record Low in 2021, Jefferies Says
The number of babies born in China this year may drop to the lowest since at least 1950, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc., one of the reasons why the government is cracking down on…
Beijing to control after-school training
Beijing issued a regulation easing the burden heaped on students by schools and after-school training institutions on Wednesday, aiming to effectively reduce parents’ expenses and children’s homework …
Hard lesson for U.S. investors: Chinese companies don’t make the rules in China
When it comes to making the rules, corporations don’t have as much influence in China as they do in the United States.
China’s extreme weather deals a big blow to insurance companies
Severe flooding in China are hurting the profits of insurance companies, and highlight the shortfalls of the country’s natural disaster insurance system.
