Taking hype about China with a big pinch of salt

Growth and size are not enough for fundamental changes in the global financial landscape

China should help Europe

A lot has been said about China being a potential rescuer of the eurozone. One view that has been put forth is that of Yu Yongding, a former member of China’s central bank monetary policy committee, who wrote in the Financial Times (Oct 31, 2011) that ‘Beijing will not ride to eurozone’s rescue’.

How China Can Defeat America

With China’s growing influence over the global economy, and its increasing ability to project military power, competition between the United States and China is inevitable. Leaders of both countries assert optimistically that the competition can be managed without clashes that threaten the global order.

Yunnan, the new gateway

Beijing plans investment in railways, roads and air links despite economic concerns and objections by neighbours to Chinese influence

Loan fears hit Shanghai bourse

Mainland property and bank shares slip after banking watchdog tells lenders to boost supervision of loans to developers and increase provisions for bad loans

How China Can Defeat America

With China’s growing influence over the global economy, and its increasing ability to project military power, competition between the United States and China is inevitable. Leaders of both countries assert optimistically that the competition can be managed without clashes that threaten the global order.

Distressed Portugal turns to ex-colony Angola for capital

The world-turned-upside-down of the European debt crisis reached a new extreme last week when Europe came pleading for lucre where it once only seized it: Africa.

Malaysia to relax laws on public assemblies

Malaysia will relax laws to allow peaceful public gatherings to be held without a police permit, part of a move to allow more freedom of expression as Prime Minister Najib Razak accelerates reforms ahead of a possible general election next year.

McDonald's, Target Dump Egg Supplier After Investigation

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China distracted by bubbles

Need for emerging markets to be focused on industries in order to be rich

Daiwa downgrades property outlook

It predicts multi-year downturn that will slash private home prices by 22-26% in a 3-year period

Japan balances between U.S. and China over trade, security

Japan assured Asia and key ally United States this week that Tokyo is not choosing sides between Beijing and Washington over sensitive trade and security issues, in a delicate balancing act to avoid past perceived mistakes of upsetting its partners.

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China Said to Warn Banks on Property, Loans

China's banking regulator warned lenders that some projects backed by local governments may run out of funds, and loans to property developers are likely to sour as sales slow, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

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China Home Prices Fall Most This Year on Curbs

China's home prices fell in 33 of 70 cities monitored by the government in October, the worst performance since it expanded property curbs and scrapped the reporting of national average housing data this year.

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Beijing must not ease its curbs on the housing sector just when they’re biting

Hu Shuli urges the government to resist the pressure from interest groups to ‘save the market’, and press on with efforts to check speculation and moderate prices

Apple Launches Audit of Chinese Suppliers

Apple has hired an outside specialist firm to help audit the environmental practices of its suppliers in China following a series of critical reports by activists.

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Multinationals Turn to China's Version of Twitter

What do the International Monetary Fund, Louis Vuitton and Unilever have in common?

They are the among a clutch of Westerns institutions to join Weibo, China's most popular microblogging platform operated by Sina, which has quickly become the place to be to promote, lobby and win over a large, important audience.

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Chinese women rescued from den of vice in Angola

Police from China and Angola have jointly busted a criminal gang that abducted Chinese women and forced them into prostitution in Angola, China's Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.

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Domestic violence casts an ugly shadow

It never occurred to Li Wei that her second marriage would collapse, and be even uglier than the first. The “reliable, honest and loving” husband she had been looking for turned out to be an ill-tempered bully who beat her repeatedly over nine months.

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