United Nations Political Affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman embarked quietly on a four-day visit to North Korea on Tuesday, stopping first in Beijing on his way to meetings with senior North Korean officials,
In a series of extremely significant developments, we understand China’s President Xi Jinping has ordered four strong policy measures against North Korea in response to its latest ballistic missile launch. *** China will drastically cut
President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced this week that the US will push for a tightening of economic and financial sanctions on North Korea, and
Investors and analysts, from commodities traders to US rates forecasters, are concerned and confused on how to interpret the directive from President Xi Jinping to Chinese economic policy officials to
China’s third quarter FX reserve holdings of foreign government bonds from major countries increased by $34.6 billion, or just over 2%, over the second quarter of 2017, from $1.601 to
The all-important 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has kicked off with a two-day 8th Plenary Session of the 18 Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC
Two critical developments in China, one economic and the other political, are of note in recent days: *** China’s economic performance in August appears to have strengthened from July, and if that momentum
Sources from the Central National Security Commission (CNSC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) familiar with President Xi Jinping’s communications on North Korea maintain the DPRK’s test last weekend
*** 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
