*** Our understanding is that at a State Council Executive Meeting held in Zhongnanhai on Wednesday morning, Beijing time, Premier Li Keqiang said that while China now imposes a 25
Chinese regulators and financial officials say they found over the last few weeks that some online industry advisors have been reaching “underground trading deals” with initial coin offerings (ICO) project
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and China’s Vice-Premier Liu He spoke by video for the first time this week since Yellen’s appointment as the top economic official for the Biden
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and China’s Vice-Premier Liu He held their first phone call just over a day ago, (May 27 Beijing morning, May 26 Washington evening). The call
Vice-Premier Liu He presided over a meeting of the State Council Financial Stability and Development Committee (FSDC) on Friday, May 21, to map out key issues and the actions needed
China’s attempt to rein in the cryptocurrency markets has been sanctioned at the very highest levels in Beijing and goes beyond an attempt to curb speculation. At heart is a
The European Union announced on Monday it would suspend an escalation of its dispute with the United States over steel and aluminum tariffs that was started under the Trump administration
China’s Ministry of Commerce has been informed that US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is prepared to have a conversation with her Chinese counterpart after fully reviewing the implementation of the
Sources in Beijing expect a face-to-face meeting between President Joseph Biden and President Xi Jinping this summer, but a specific time and place for the talks has yet to be
On Wednesday, the executive European Commission unveiled plans to cut the European Union’s dependency on supply chains from China, and to stop state-subsidized Chinese companies from buying up European firms or
China’s State Council met in mid-April to review and approve the National Development Reform Commission’s (NDRC) output plan for major industrial products for Q2 of 2021, as well as the
A review of China’s economic performance in the first quarter and the projections going forward was recently completed by nine different state agencies and were submitted to a State Council
In the time since the heated talks with US officials in Anchorage, a series of discussions have been held in Beijing on the “geopolitical situation,” including an assessment of China’s
On his return to Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reported further progress towards one of the top priorities in his just completed trip to the Mideast, to “promote the internationalization
The escalating harsh rhetoric and retaliatory measures between China and the US and the European Union was the backdrop to the visit earlier this week to Beijing by Russian foreign
Neither Beijing nor Washington expects any breakthrough from the talks scheduled for March 18-19 in Anchorage, Alaska between their respective foreign policy leadership teams. *** Rather, the two sides will
China’s “Two Sessions” meetings, or more formally, the Fourth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the Fourth Session of the 13th
First things first, a quick mea culpa. In reporting some of the more contentious back and forth in the Saturday call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China’s
Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, held a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Saturday, marking the highest-level direct talk between China and the United States since
China’s State Council earlier this year reviewed and approved the overall NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission) 2021 major industrial output targets as well as the joint NDRC/MOC (Ministry of
