China’s top decision-making body, the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, presided over the Fifth Plenum of the 19th CPC Central Committee that was held in Beijing’s
The Chinese Yuan sold off by around 0.75% against the US Dollar on Monday on the announcement that the People’s Bank of China would eliminate a 20% reserve requirement —
Four ministries recently submitted a joint report to China’s State Council and to the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs (CCFEA) on how to respond to the most recent
China’s Vice-Premier Liu He and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are scheduled to review the implementation of the Phase One trade agreement between the US and China by videoconference this
President Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee on July 30 in Zhongnanhai. Focused on the drafting of a
The US State Department announced today that it had ordered the closure within 72 hours of China’s Consulate General office in Houston, “in order to protect American intellectual property and
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week announced a ban on the addition of any new Huawei components to British 5G networks effective December 31 and a phase-out of Huawei
The National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) will release major economic data for H1, Q1 and June 2020 this Thursday, July 16, followed by a press conference at 10:00
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