China’s central bank is moving to tighten discipline across the nation’s financial landscape, explicitly calling out “involution-style”, or excessively distorted competition, as a primary governance …
Analysis-Under cover of trade truce with Trump, China expands economic pressure toolkit
Washington has applied its own pressure, launching trade probes into excess industrial capacity and the use of forced labour in China in March, on top of export restrictions on semiconductors and …
How China has expanded its economic toolkit during its trade truce with the US
By Mei Mei Chu BEIJING, April 27 (Reuters) – China has used its trade truce with the United States to broaden its legal leverage, supply chain and critical technology controls, and expand its toolkit …
Why Shenzhen may be first to climb out of China’s property slump
Shenzhen’s housing inventory drops to a seven-year low, offering an early signal that China’s property downturn may be nearing a turning point Shenzhen’s residential inventory has fallen to a …
China Formalizes Labor Rules for Gig Workers on Online Platforms
China formalized its first comprehensive policy framework for “new employment groups,” including delivery riders and livestreamers, signaling a shift from ad-hoc regulation to normalization of the …
China’s Hengli Petrochemical denies trade with Iran in response to US sanctions
BEIJING, April 26 (Reuters) – Hengli Petrochemical, one of China’s largest independent refiners, denied trade dealings with Iran after the United States imposed sanctions on one of its subsidiaries …
China Planted 78 Billion New Trees—and Seriously Messed Up Its Water Cycle
China’s planted a bunch of new trees since 1981, but that extra foliage is shifting more precipitation to some areas while drying out others.
China’s top diplomat meets leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government on regional tour
China’s top diplomat has visited Myanmar’s capital and met with the leader of its military-backed government as Beijing deepens regional ties.
Tired of high costs, some Americans are importing homes straight from China
Gennadiy Tsygan knows how expensive it is to build a home in the United States. That’s why he imported almost everything for his dream house from China.
China and Mozambique to map critical minerals in insurgency-hit Cabo Delgado
The two countries are set to survey rare earth elements while strengthening security ties in Mozambique’s conflict-ridden north.