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12.27.17Geely Buys Stake in Volvo Trucks, despite China Restrictions
New York Times
China’s government has made it harder to move money overseas. It has said it would punish companies for investing in certain sectors. It has told firms to report all cross-border deals.
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08.23.17Germany Is Trying to Stop China from Gobbling up Its Companies — but There May Be a Downside
CNBC
Think of Germany and it isn’t long before visions of bustling business districts and thriving manufacturing plants spring to mind. It isn’t surprising: it’s these industries that have elevated the country to rank among the world’s leading economies...
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06.28.17China's Massive Corporate Crackdown Aimed at Curbing Outflows: IMF's Former China Chief Prasad
CNBC
China is sending a "remarkably strong signal" about stemming capital outflows by going after big companies.
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03.28.17American Airlines Buys Stake in China Southern Airlines
CNBC
American Airlines has agreed to pay $200 million for a stake in China Southern Airlines, the biggest of China’s three major state-owned carriers, in a bid for a bigger share of the country's growing travel market.
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01.13.17China Overseas Investment Spree Set to Run Out of Steam
Wall Street Journal
A government think tank predicts China’s direct investment overseas, after years of robust gains, is likely to decline in 2017
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12.15.16China’s Economic Policy Under Pressure After Fed Flags New Era
Financial Times
Rising US rates complicate balancing act for Beijing as it faces capital flight
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12.12.16Small Investors Join China’s Tycoons in Sending Money Abroad
New York Times
It's Chinese investors and a developer in Brooklyn- with a digital lending twist
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12.06.16China’s Currency Didn’t Really Drop, Despite Jitters Over Trump
New York Times
Early Tuesday it appeared the RMB had suddenly fallen more than 8%, but no deliberate devaluation took place. Instead, the culprit was a technical problem
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11.16.16China and Germany: the Honeymoon is Over
Diplomat
A visit to China by Germany’s economics minister highlighted the beginning to a blunter approach to bilateral relations.
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10.07.16Yuan Buckles After Latest Drop in China’s Foreign-Exchange Reserves
Wall Street Journal
Chinese currency hits weakest level against dollar since January after reserves fall by more than forecast in September
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09.28.16Li Keqiang Becomes First Chinese Premier to Visit Cuba
Diplomat
The world’s largest and smallest communist states have had stable relations for years.
Conversation
07.08.16
Why Is There So Much Talk of China’s Bleeding Money?
China has seen its foreign reserves depleted for months, but economists don’t agree about why: Is it because Chinese people are buying offshore assets, such as real estate? Because Chinese companies are paying down their foreign debt? Or both? Or is...
Conversation
04.06.16
China in the Panama Papers
The overseas wealth of several relatives of senior Chinese leaders has come to light in an International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) report, part of the analysis by a group of media outlets of more than 11 million documents leaked...
Caixin Media
11.04.14
Cai Jinyong: A Chinese Voice at the Top of the IFC
Three top executives serving in recent years at the World Bank and its emerging markets financing arm International Finance Corp. (IFC) have called China home.Economist Cai Jinyong became the fourth in October 2012, when he was named IFC's...
Caixin Media
05.02.12
Yearning for the Yuan
London is forging ahead with plans for yuan-based financial services by developing an infrastructure and banking services that match its ambitions for the Chinese currency.On April 18, the city welcomed the first yuan-denominated bond issuance...
Reports
03.01.08
Hong Kong SAR as a Financial Center for Asia: Trends and Implications
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
We document Hong Kong SAR's evolving role as an international financial center in the Asia region, the importance of the growing special link with China as well as supply-side advantages, and outline the scope for future financial services...