*** According to a senior official in China’s Office of the Central National Security Commission, Beijing does not believe Pyongyang will, as it has threatened, fire its intermediate-range missiles at

When it comes to liquidity and rates, the People’s Bank of China has been transparent and steady – to the point of boring – as it manages the “prudent and

Last Saturday morning, local time, China’s President Xi Jinping convened senior officials to an emergency meeting that lasted 40 minutes at the Central National Security Commission in Zhongnanhai, Beijing. The

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, have issued a joint statement in response to North Korea’s launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that is being

The stated purpose of the two day summit in Moscow just concluded on July 3 and 4 between China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was to foster

On Friday, May 26, the People’s Bank of China announced it would overlay a “counter-cyclical factor” onto the existing model for calculating the daily central parity rate of the Chinese

A tightening regulatory and central bank policy environment has led to a new round of jitters in local Chinese equity markets. But we expect this current episode to be markedly

The Chinese delegation to last weekend’s spring IMF meetings, led by PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and Finance Minister Xiao Jie, consider the most significant accomplishment of their four days of

On the heels of Donald Trump’s presidential victory, China’s Central Government ordered five departments led by the Ministry of Commerce to conduct an in-depth study of Sino-US trade relations, risk

Premier Li Keqiang will address the Fifth Session of China’s National People’s Congress when it convenes starting this weekend, March 5, at the historic Great Hall of the People in

Senior Chinese officials noted a news article on potential new tactics from the Trump administration whereby the commerce secretary would designate the practice of currency manipulation as an unfair subsidy,

Key Takeaways Chinese officials believe the Trump administration is pursuing a “not too strong” dollar policy, and expect that rhetoric to help keep the RMB stable through the first five

The Chinese Yuan, which threatened to break below the psychological 7.000 level against the dollar going into the New Year, instead has reversed and surged over the first two trading

Reports today that a Chinese warship seized a US underwater drone should be taken as a deliberate and elevated, though still “measured,” response by the Chinese government to what it

At a two-day conference last weekend on military reform with the country’s most powerful 230 military leaders, including members of the Central Military Commission, China’s President Xi Jinping discussed US-China

Our understanding from Chinese sources is that US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew initiated a call to China’s powerful Vice Premier Wang Yang over the weekend. *** The main purpose of

Key Takeaways * The range for Q3 GDP estimates submitted by nine departments to Premier Li Keqiang this week came in at 6.7-6.8%, with a slight lean to 6.8%. *

*** China’s state-owned financial institutions have been reallocating equity and bond purchases away from the US and towards Europe since late June, selling over $65 billion worth of US stocks

Key Takeaways: China’s Central Financial Leading Group agreed last week to revise its original H2 fiscal spending plan upwards, by 300 billion Yuan. The CFLG also approved up to another

Key Takeaways: China will maintain RMB stability in the near term wake of the Brexit aftershocks, and coordinate any G20 response; The PBoC has been authorized to buy an undisclosed