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CNBC
April 20, 2018
The world economy is set for one of its best years since the global financial crisis, with both developed and emerging countries growing while inflation is still ... There are already some signs of China opening up: UBS last year became the first foreign bank to receive a license that allows its wholly-ownedÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 20, 2018
China and Japan have resumed a high-level economic dialogue after an eight-year hiatus, in the latest sign of a thaw in long-strained relations. This week's visit to Tokyo by China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi also locked in plans for further diplomatic exchanges, including ChineseÃâà...
The Diplomat
April 19, 2018
Liu is not only well educated and a Xi ally, but experienced in economic affairs, including U.S.-China economic relations. He is also very aware of China's structural problems, making it more likely that Xi will be able to implement serious economic policies that will improve the Chinese economy and benefitÃâà...
Quartz
April 17, 2018
The Chinese government is notorious for doctoring its official statistics, from using messed-up methodology, to not reporting some key metrics, to out-and-out ... (April 17), of economic growth for the first quarter of this year, here's a look at what it's possible to learn about China's economy from these sources.
CNBC
April 17, 2018
The world's second-largest economy has been fighting debt for years as it tries to balance economic stability against the potential fallout from any sharp deceleration. Risks to the Chinese economy in 2018 include trade protectionism as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration bares its teeth toÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 17, 2018
Analysts and even Chinese government officials have for years cast doubt on the accuracy of the country's official economic data. Some economists use a range of other information sources -- like electricity output and freight shipments -- to generate independent estimates of how the Chinese economy isÃâà...
ABC Online
March 15, 2018
China's economy appears to have jumped out of the blocks in 2018 with industrial production rebounding after the easing of pollution controls imposed ... Capital Economics' Julian Evans-Pritchard said while he remained cautious given the data had similar flaws to Chinese GDP calculations, the overallÃâà...
CNBC
March 15, 2018
Larry Kudlow, the new director of the National Economic Council, issued harsh trade rhetoric against China in his first public remarks. ... sound and steady, you're going to have a terrific economy, if government has a modest approach and lets people do what they need to do and allows the freedom to do it,Ãâà...
CNBC
March 15, 2018
"One should be cautious before we say this is a one-way street," Ross said of the economic relationship between the U.S. and China. Reports on Tuesday said President Donald Trump's administration is considering a trade package including tariffs on $60 billion worth of Chinese goods, which may targetÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
March 15, 2018
Other indicators signal sluggish Chinese consumption as well. Spending during the Lunar New Year holiday grew at the slowest pace since such measurements began in 2005. Personal expenditures rose 5.4% in real terms last year, 1.4 percentage points lower than in 2016. Smartphone sales declinedÃâà...
New York Times
March 14, 2018
One school of thought holds that China is a rising economic power poised to conquer the world. The other ... What some take to be the Chinese economy's weaknesses have, in fact, been strengths. ... This has allowed China's leaders to put the economy on a more sustainable growth path in recent years.
CNBC
March 12, 2018
It was Beijing's latest statement on "problems in Sino-U.S. economic trade and cooperation," alluding to President Donald Trump's plan to impose heavy tariffs on imported ... Citing Chinese researchers, Zhong said the U.S. has been overstating its trade deficit with China by about 20 percent every year.
CNBC
March 12, 2018
The Chinese government needs to wean the debt-laden economy off the belief that Beijing will stage a bailout if problems crop up, says a Tsinghua ... China has been battling high debt levels for years, but debt-to-GDP ratio is still about 260 percent, according to the Bank of International Settlements.
CNNMoney
March 11, 2018
By the middle of last year, it was more than two and a half times the value of the entire Chinese economy, according to the Bank of International ... But some experts argue that extending Xi's period in office could help him to step up efforts to address the economic problems China faces, and lead to greaterÃâà...
CNNMoney
March 4, 2018
The economic growth target announced Monday is part of a broader "work report" delivered each year by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in which he provides other details about the government's plans and expectations for the country's huge economy. The central government intends to shrink its budgetÃâà...
South China Morning Post
December 31, 1999
China had planned to send a large delegation of about 40 people to accompany its most senior economic adviser, Liu He, on his recent visit to Washington but after the US objected the number was cut to about 10, sources told the South China Morning Post. That meant Liu, President Xi Jinping's right-handÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
After all, Chinese President Xi Jinping "is a super nationalistic leader and that also translates into economic and financial policies," Lam added, so it remains to be seen if he will open up the world's second largest economy meaningfully to foreign investors. China's announcement about greater marketÃâà...
