The C919, China’s home-grown commercial jet, has completed a year of passenger flights. Will it receive airworthiness certification from the Western countries currently sanctioning trade and tech in other fields?
A stock market rally in Hong Kong has helped raise valuations and improve sentiment among investors, feeding a recovery in fundraising activities in the city and on bourses in mainland China, JPMorgan says.
Though the Russian market is an appealing one for Chinese exporters, Western sanctions are making payment processing a challenge as delays mount and few avenues for financial transactions remain.
China’s securities regulators and stock exchange officials met with global fund managers in Europe in the first overseas roadshow, after delivering a major stimulus to rescue the nation’s property market.
Falling prices and ‘operational pressures’ are flagged at a meeting of the China Photovoltaic Industry Association amid domestic overcapacity concerns.
The risk of cross-Strait conflict with mainland China appears to be chipping away at Taiwan’s long-held dominance in the semiconductor industry, underpinning a sense of urgency in diversifying hi-tech supply chains.
China imported over US$10 million of wine from Australia in April, up from US$126,000 a year earlier, after it lifted punitive import tariffs at the end of March.
Qatar is emerging as a potential destination for Chinese businesses and investment looking to find a way into the Middle East or Africa, with more companies showing interest in setting up a foothold in the Persian Gulf.
The British Chamber of Commerce in China sees potential for benefit in China’s excess manufacturing capacity, with British firms capable of providing necessary services as firms go global.
China’s durian market is showing signs of change, with a drop in price attributed to more supply from Vietnam, a deadly heatwave in major exporter Thailand and a tightening of consumer budgets.
Commentary from China’s top economic planner says Washington’s anti-globalisation, decoupling and disconnection efforts have ‘inevitably’ hurt US inflation.
The tsunami of new-energy manufacturing flooding the industry is not the first time a wave of Chinese goods has forced institutional upheavals and left foreign firms with little room to compete.
In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to France, Serbia and Hungary, and ponder what has changed in the ever-complex relationship between Beijing and Brussels.
Commerce ministry move targeting EU, US, Japan and Taiwan comes shortly after CCTV-linked social media channel warns of Beijing’s deep toolbox against ‘double standards’ EU probes.
A Chinese high-speed railway line in Indonesia has been open for six months – and is popular enough that new trips have been added – but high debt levels are raising questions about its long-term utility.
State-owned company plans to be first to use Gotion High-Tech’s solid-state batteries when they start mass production, chairman Yin Tongyue says.
German industrial engineering firms reported a negative outlook for their China business in a recent survey, with weak demand and overcapacity most frequently mentioned as the cause for their low confidence.
Bilateral trade, an important lifeline to Russia since it invaded Ukraine, is already at a record US$240 billion, with China its largest customer for crude oil.
The US announced plans on Tuesday to increase tariffs on 14 categories of products from China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, covering US$18 billion in imports.
Analysts say Beijing is preparing ‘for all types of situations’ in a trade war with the US that shows no sign of abating after six years, as the leading presidential candidates vow to turn up the heat.
The visa-policy easing is expected to boost tourism that has yet to fully rebound since the pandemic, and the move could also give local economies a jolt.