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08.06.18China's Yuan, Shares Fall as Trade Row Overshadows Policy Shift
Bloomberg
The onshore yuan slipped 0.17 percent to 6.8402 per dollar as of 4:02 p.m., while the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 1.3 percent at its lowest since February 2016. The ChiNext gauge of small caps and tech stocks fared even worse, tumbling 2.8...
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08.06.18China Millennials’ Love of Credit Cards Raises Debt Fears
Financial Times
Mr Wang is part of a generation of young consumers who have rejected the thrifty habits of their elders and become used to spending with borrowed money. Outstanding consumer loans — used for vehicle purchases, holidays, household renovations and...
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02.13.18How China Is Getting Serious About Financial Risk
Bloomberg
Chinese leaders pledged to make controlling financial risk a top priority. Their challenge is to do so without derailing the economy.
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02.05.18China to Stamp out Cryptocurrency Trading Completely with Ban on Foreign Platforms
South China Morning Post
Offshore platforms targeted after recent efforts to shut down domestic exchanges failed to eradicate trading.
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12.07.17China's Debt Levels Pose Stability Risk, Says IMF
Guardian
Fears that China risks being the cause of a fresh global financial crisis have been highlighted by the International Monetary Fund in a hard-hitting warning about the growing debt-dependency of the world’s second biggest economy.
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11.29.17Chinese Stocks Are Beginning to Show 'Cracks.' Here's What It Means
CNBC
China’s stock market has been steadily rising all year, but according to one technician the charts are beginning to show signs of weakness.
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11.21.17China to Fend off Bubble Risk with Tighter Property Rules
CNBC
The authorities said they would stop funds being illegally funneled into property and that capital flow would be more forcibly balanced between real estate and other industries.
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10.09.17Accelerating Fintech in China
TechCrunch
China’s expeditious adoption of fintech is generating profits not only for startups, but also the companies investing in them. Sitting in the headquarters of FinPlus, a fintech venture capital firm and accelerator, its CEO, Mosso Lau, said, “There...
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10.06.17
Is China the Future of Bitcoin, or Its Past?
China often dominates the market for Bitcoin, a virtual currency managed by a decentralized network of computers: at points over the last few years, China may have accounted for more than 75 percent of Bitcoin trading. Energy subsidies there make it...