China this week launched off into the murk of the pig year with quite a few uncertainties hanging over it. The economy is slowing, and while it is unclear by how much and with what consequences, the situation seems atmospherically less fraught than it did in January. The caveat, as always, is the opaqueness that […]
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The pig is almost upon us and China is going into shutdown mode – the magic first day is Tuesday, and the coastal cities of China are now emptying. But the China-US trade talks rumble on with a month to go before the deadline leading to a ratcheting up of US tariffs. Those in Command […]
Things are getting tougher for China’s flagship international telecommunications firm. Not only is the CEO’s daughter detained in Canada pending extradition to the United States, but Poland charged the country head of Huawei with espionage, Germany reconsidered allowing Huawei access to its 5G network rollout, the United States initiated a criminal probe into whether Huawei […]
It’s all waiting at the moment. Apart from an X-factor event, there is the impending conclusion of the China-U.S. talks, which appear to have moved in a direction of sunshine, if one is reading correctly the tea leaves. The likelihood of a deal of some sort which puts the trade war on hold appears more […]