The White House and US State Department both maintain that former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is visiting China in his capacity as a private citizen, and not on

Our understanding is that China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang is under investigation by the CCDI (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC – Communist Party of China) and by

China’s Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission (CFEAC) is holding its traditional series of eight meetings from July to August to formulate guidelines for China’s macroeconomic work for the second

The most important objective of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s just concluded visit to Beijing was to avoid further deterioration in Sino-US relations. While this is an objective often cited

China’s Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs (GAC) announced on July 3 that starting August 1, China will impose export controls on two rare elements – gallium and

Premier Li Qing presided over a State Council Executive Meeting in Zhongnanhai last Friday to consider appropriate measures to stimulate China’s flagging economic recovery, before embarking on official visits to

China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minster Qin Gang met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for a five-and-a half-hour “candid, in-depth, and constructive” talk on Sunday, local time, concerning

The People’s Bank of China recently enhanced its “counter-cyclical” policy adjustments to fully support the real economy on the back of weaker-than-expected industrial production and tumbling export numbers over the

The slide in China’s official PMI survey figures released on Wednesday, in both manufacturing and services, revived questions in the markets over when and by how much the People’s Bank

The news out of the G7 summit meetings this weekend in Hiroshima, Japan, that grabbed the market’s attention was not around efforts by western democracies to forge a coordinated, “de-risking”

The agenda of the G7 meetings today and tomorrow in Hiroshima, Japan includes a discussion of “de-risking” supply chains away from China, even while seeking to re-engage with Beijing on

In mid-April, China’s State Council reviewed and approved the National Development and Reform Commission’s (NDRC) plan for major industrial production output as well as the NDRC/Ministry of Commerce targets for

The Political Bureau of China’s CPC Central Committee convened on the morning of Friday, April 28, in Zhongnanhai for a three-and-a-half hour meeting to analyze the country’s current economic situation

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in Shanghai late Wednesday to kick off a three-day state visit, from April 12-15, postponed from its original date due to health

Economic activity in China picked up in March, leading us to pencil in a Q1 2023 GDP year-on-year growth rate that could come in with a 4% handle, above consensus

The well-telegraphed “transit” of Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen through the United States has concluded, followed by three-days of equally telegraphed military drills in protest launched by China’s People’s Liberation Army

Officials in Beijing assess incoming Q1 data to have shown “stable improvement across the board” as the economy entered what is being characterized as a “fast lane” of recovery following

Borrowing from a tried and tested old “checkbook diplomacy” playbook,  China, according to sources in Beijing, “will meet [French President Emmanuel] Macron’s expectations and give a huge amount of trade

As Taiwan’s pro-independence President Tsai Ing-wen continues on her well telegraphed 10-day trip to the United States, Belize, and Guatemala, neither Beijing nor Washington has shown much appetite for escalating

The most notable development for financial markets from China’s annual “Two Sessions” meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), (other than the formal