Despite the threats from Washington of severe actions to protest Beijing’s enactment and enforcement of an onerous national security law on Hong Kong, senior sources in China characterize US measures
Financial markets have plenty of issues to worry about, but an escalation in the China-India border clashes is not one of them, at least not for now, as both sides
The agenda of last week’s meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and China’s top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, on an airbase in Hawaii has been shrouded in secrecy. And
Reports over the weekend of a new COVID-19 cluster outbreak in Beijing’s Xinfadi Wholesale Market – the largest agricultural produce market in all of Asia by trading volume – is
Senior sources in Beijing warn that China will take countermeasures against recent attacks and sanctions by the administration of US President Donald Trump over Hong Kong, Taiwan, the coronavirus, and
In mid-May, the National Security Commission of the Communist Party of China submitted a 52-page strategic research report to the country’s top decision-making body, the Politburo. The subject of the
Markets are nervously awaiting a press conference flagged for today where President Donald Trump is expected to announce measures against China in response to its decision to force through a security law on
Tensions between China and the United States have been steadily mounting on multiple fronts, and the first day of the week-long “Two Sessions” meetings of China’s national legislature and political advisory
“Two Sessions,” the annual conclave of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, China’s top political advisory body, and the National People’s Congress (NPC), its top legislative body,
Markets like to superimpose the framework of yesterday to handicap the uncertainties of tomorrow. When it comes to trading the reemergence of tensions between the Trump administration and Beijing, they
The administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, with the help of Congressional allies, is weighing a series of retaliatory measures to hold the Chinese government accountable for the human
The cycle of mounting tensions between Washington and Beijing that is playing out in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis is sure to escalate as U.S. President Donald Trump takes
The administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, with the help of Congressional allies, is weighing a series of retaliatory measures to hold the Chinese government accountable for the human
China’s Politburo has approved a series of high-level fiscal stimulus guidelines that will be formally announced by Premier Li Keqiang and submitted for review at the Third Session of the
For some weeks now, Beijing has lashed out at any reference by senior officials in Washington to the COVID-19 pandemic as a “Wuhan,” or “China” virus. Since then, President Donald
On Friday, April 17, 10 a.m. Beijing time, China’s National Bureau of Statistics will release major economic data for Q1 and March of 2020. Reflecting an enormously volatile period of COVID-19 turmoil
China’s President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Friday morning in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, to refine a series of COVID-19
Please note: this report reflects the assessment by Beijing’s leadership of the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank actions, potential US fiscal actions, risk points, and the impact of policy decisions and
Rumors are swirling about a Jerusalem Post article claiming Israeli scientists are “on the cusp” of developing a coronavirus vaccine, one which will be ready within three weeks and available for distribution
On Tuesday, a senior US health official warned that a broader spread of the COVID-19 disease in the United States was a matter of “when,” and not “if,” and painted
