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09.07.16Goldman Sachs: China Signaling Further Stimulus on the Way
CNBC
The bank pointed to China’s State Council meeting this week, which discussed plans to streamline the approval process for investment projects.
Media
08.25.16China Analysts Should Talk to Each Other, Not at Each Other
On August 12, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued its annual report card on China’s economy and gave the country mixed grades, finding that its “economic transition will continue to be complex, challenging, and potentially bumpy.” In...
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07.18.16Samsung Bets on China’s BYD for Growth
Wall Street Journal
The South Korean technology giant plans to invest in the electric vehicle and battery maker’s $2.3 billion share sale.
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07.14.16Business Strategies for China’s Brewing Crisis
Not a single, modern-day entrepreneur or investor in China has had to experience a substantial and painful economic slowdown, let alone a recession. The reason is simple: Since the nation’s reform and opening campaign began in 1978, China has never...
China in the World Podcast
07.05.16Uncertainty in China-Europe Relations
from Carnegie China
Economic relations between Europe and China remain highly salient due to the potential for increased trade and investment, as well as future cooperation on projects stemming from the Belt and Road initiative. Yet, in this podcast with Paul Haenle,...
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06.30.16Netflix Eyes China as New Market
Fortune
Netflix is trying to counter slowing growth in the U.S. by moving into 130 new markets worldwide.
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06.30.16Chinese Investment in Euro Soccer Soars to Meet President’s Goals
Chinese companies are buying soccer teams across Europe, echoing the Beijing government’s ambitious plan to turn the nation into a soccer powerhouse.The powerhouse plan, which has backing from President Xi Jinping, has led to nine deals inked by...
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06.16.16China Business Climate Draws Fire From U.S. Treasury Secretary
Wall Street Journal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says “high-standard bilateral investment treaty” would strengthen climate for U.S. businesses in China.
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06.16.16Uber Rival’s $28 Billion Valuation Shows Size of China’s Ride-Sharing Market
New York Times
Recent fund-raising rounds in the ride-sharing market show that China is one of the most expensive markets in the world.
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06.13.16Insurance Firm China Life Puts $600M into Didi Chuxing Months after Backing Uber
TechCrunch
It provides an equity investment of $300 million, and a separate “long-term debt investment” of RMB 2 billion ($305 million).
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05.13.16Apple Raises Bet on China as It Faces Scrutiny From Beijing
New York Times
Apple invests $1 billion in a Chinese ride-hailing app to show the Chinese government it is interested in supporting local business.
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04.14.16China’s Growing Appetite for African Real Estate
Amid a prolonged economic downturn and a weakening yuan, Chinese investors have turned their focus to buying overseas assets. While there are a number of complicated reasons behind the massive capital outflows over the past 18 months, the fact...
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04.04.16China’s Most Aggressive Dealmaker Started at Home, Now Reaches Overseas
Associated Press
Ren Jianxin recently offered a $43 billion bid for Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta.
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03.30.16When China Sneezes, Does Africa Catch a Cold?
Chinese government officials have been on an all-out public relations offensive across Africa lately to reassure increasingly nervous political and business leaders that even though China’s economy may be slowing it will not affect the P.R.C.’s...
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12.14.15China, U.A.E. Set Up $10 Billion Joint Investment Fund
Wall Street Journal
Deal to strengthen link between China and Middle East will focus on direct equity investments in both regions.
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12.08.15FOCAC 6: A China-Africa Lovefest
The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit concluded in Johannesburg on December 5 amid an almost giddy atmosphere. All sides in this relationship seemingly walked away with more than what they had anticipated.Africa provided a welcome...
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12.04.15China’s Xi Pledges $60 Billion for Africa Development Over Three Years
Wall Street Journal
China’s trade with Africa grew to $222 billion last year, making it the continent’s top trade partner for the sixth straight year.
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12.03.15Sino-Indian Border Talks Not Enough to Defuse Tensions
Diplomat
Unless India and China can take positive actions, they risk drifting into a growing conflict on their disputed border.
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12.02.15China’s Plan: First Manchester City, Then Hosting And Winning The World Cup
Guardian
Chinese consortium thinks involvement will benefit nation’s football.
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12.01.15China's Xi In Zimbabwe To Sign Power, Infrastructure Deals
Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, the first visit by a Chinese leader since 1996.
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11.30.15China-Africa Summit: What To Look For Beyond The Hype And Hypocrisy
Mail & Guardian
The Africa-China summit will provide an opportunity to see how the Chinese President is responding to democratic developments in Africa.
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11.25.15China Set to Pledge More Aid to Africa Ahead of Xi's Trip
Reuters
China is set to announce new aid to African nations when President Xi Jinping visits Zimbabwe and South Africa next month.
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11.25.15Chinese Investment in Africa Falls by 40%
Voice of America
China’s Commerce Ministry publicly admitted that Chinese investments to Africa had fallen by 40 percent in the first half of this year.
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11.10.15Challenging the Myth of Chinese Land Grabs in Africa
Among the most durable myths surrounding the China-Africa relationship is the fear that the Chinese government and private enterprises are buying vast tracts of African farm land and have plans to transplant millions of Chinese peasants to live and...
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11.03.15What to Expect at this Year’s Mega China-Africa Summit
The sixth Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) that will be held in December in Johannesburg comes at a critical time in the Sino-African relationship. The combination of China’s slowing economy, a major slump in global commodity prices, and a...
Features
10.27.15Rich Man, Pu’er Man
“These men always have machetes,” shouts the driver. Through trees along an unpaved road, he spots a ramshackle hut, slows down, and warns his passengers: this is a checkpoint. It’s the only way to enforce rules in this part of the jungle, at the...
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10.27.15America’s Society Is Wealthier Than China’s – And It Doesn’t Matter
Diplomat
The large gap in private wealth has limited significance.
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10.27.15In the Race for Africa, India and China Aren’t All That Different
Quartz
During the third India-Africa Summit, Indian officials are working hard to differentiate their country from China.
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10.21.15Many in the West Fear Chinese ‘Aid’ to Africa. They’re Wrong. Here’s Why.
Washington Post
Western pundits have a narrative about China’s activities in Africa.
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10.20.15The Real Story Behind China’s Alleged Conquest of African Farmland
Quartz
“A common perception is that China is supporting Chinese enterprises to acquire land abroad as part of a national food security strategy.”
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10.16.15A Remote Corner of China Wants Access to the Sea. The Obstacle Is North Korea.
Washington Post
You can almost smell the sea air from here, at the point where China, Russia and North Korea meet.
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09.25.15Osborne Praised for 'Not Stressing Human Rights' in China
BBC
The Global Times praised Mr Osborne's "pragmatism regarding his China policy".
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09.16.15China Looks to Hollywood
Diplomat
Chinese firms are stepping up their investments in Hollywood, to protect their own market share.
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08.25.15Chinese Investment in Africa: Surprisingly Small, but Growing Fast
It’s a widespread misconception that just because China is Africa’s top trading partner, it’s also the continent’s largest foreign investor. In fact, China ranks seventh overall in FDI, far behind the United States, long Africa’s largest source of...
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07.15.15The Real Risk Behind China’s Stock-Market Drama
New Yorker
More recently, the Party has offered annual targets for economic growth that almost always bear out, no matter what sort of creative policy, or accounting, steps are required
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07.09.15China's Richest Lost $195 bn In One Month
Wall Street Journal
The country’s stock market has been a wild ride this year, especially for millions of rookie retail investors who rushed to open their accounts for the first time.
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07.08.15China Takes More Steps to Stop ‘Irrational’ Selling'
Wall Street Journal
Chinese government agencies step up efforts to shore up China’s plunging stock markets that the securities regulator described as facing panic and irrational selling.
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07.08.15Why is China's Stock Market Crashing?
Diplomat
The volatility of the stock markets has become a political issue but political intervention has not been effective. It is likely that Chinese leaders will find ways to boost the confidence in the Chinese stock markets which could backfire.
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07.02.15Why are China’s Stock Markets so Volatile?
Financial Times
Home to the world’s largest equity markets after the US, China is still extremely volatile with benchmark indices often swinging as much as 10 per cent in a matter of hours.
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07.01.15Chinese Stocks Fall Into a Bear Market
New York Times
China’s central bank cuts interest rates and fails to stem the route in Chinese share prices; the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets closes with steep losses.
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06.25.15China Invests in the World
Diplomat
China’s outward foreign direct investment for the first five months of 2015 is up 50 percent from the same period in 2014, says Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
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06.15.15Nicaragua Canal Protest: Thousands Oppose Atlantic-Pacific
BBC
Some protesters, who were mostly farmers, accused President Daniel Ortega of selling Nicaragua to the Chinese.
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06.11.15How Will Beijing Treat Myanmar’s Symbol of Democracy?
Burmese opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest in Myanmar, is visiting the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing for five days this week, through Sunday. Also courted by...
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06.08.15Alibaba’s Jack Ma Visiting U.S. to Lure Businesses Into China
Bloomberg
Ma is looking for revenue beyond China, where the nation’s economy is projected to grow at its slowest pace since 1990.
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05.25.15Chinese Stocks Surge Most Since 2008 for World’s Biggest Rally
Bloomberg
Rally buoyed by optimism around government plans to boost foreign access to the nation’s markets.
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05.21.15HP Sells Control of China Units for $2.3 Billion to Tsinghua
Bloomberg
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05.21.15This American VC Thinks He’s Getting Out of China Just in Time
Bloomberg
The 52-year-old began venture investing in China in 2009 and ended up putting money into 50 startups.
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05.08.15China, Russia Prepare $2 Billion Agricultural Investment Fund
Wall Street Journal
The fund will develop agricultural projects in the two countries and set up a free-trade zone between their key farming belts.
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04.19.15China Film Group Takes Role in Hollywood
Wall Street Journal
With a ten percent stake in ‘Furious 7’ China Film Group had, for the first time, an incentive to award an import a good release date.
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04.15.15China’s Biggest Chip Maker’s Possible Tie-Up With H-P Values Unit at Up to $5 Billion
Wall Street Journal
Tsinghua Unigroup in talks to buy a controlling stake in Hewlett-Packard unit H3C Technologies.
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04.02.15The Chinese Billionaire Zhang Lei Spins Research Into Investment Gold
New York Times
Starting 10 years ago with $20 million from Yale’s endowment, Zhang was an early backer of Tencent and JD.com.
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03.30.15Plan for Next Five Years Must Free Up Disposable Income
The government's 12th Five-Year Plan concludes this year, and work on drafting the 13th will begin soon.Which way will China turn? In its work report to legislators at the National People's Congress meeting in March, the government pledged...
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03.03.15Can Market Mechanisms Clear China’s Air?
The Chinese government recently responded to rising public discontent over environmental degradation by introducing tougher rules for industrial emissions.Meanwhile, a non-governmental organization and a state-run newspaper are coordinating a...
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01.26.15Bobby Jindal & China’s Louisiana Methanol Plant
Al Jazeera
A Chinese tycoon whose natural gas firm's environmental and labor rights record is under fire in the Chinese press is parking assets in a multibillion dollar methanol plant in Louisiana.
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01.25.15Death Threats and Dawn Raids: Welcome to China’s Anti-Graft Drive
Bloomberg
On one side is Peking University Founder Group, a state-owned company that partnered with Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) in a separate securities joint venture whose chairman has disappeared.
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01.09.15Sri Lankan Poll Upset a Blow to China’s Indian Ocean Plans
Bloomberg
Mahinda Rajapaksa, who tightened ties with China during his decade-long rule, conceded defeat today in Sri Lanka’s closely-fought presidential election. His successor Maithripala Sirisena used his campaign to criticize the island nation’s increasing...
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12.17.14Israeli Tech Startups Attract Chinese Investors
Wall Street Journal
As China scours the world for tech investments, it is increasingly flocking to Israel for the next big thing.
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12.09.14With New Fund, China Hits a Silk Road Stride
China's ambitious plan to expand trade links westward into Central Asia in the spirit of the ancient Silk Road is taking shape now that the government has decided to shift foreign currency into a special fund.The State Council will tap the...
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10.01.14Avoiding the Blind Alley: China’s Economic Overhaul and Its Global Implications
Daniel H. Rosen
Asia Society
President Xi Jinping announced a sweeping overhaul for China’s economy in November 2013, with pledges to make market forces decisive, treat homegrown and foreign investors with the same laws and regulations, and change the mission statement of the...