Sky News has reported that two of China’s leading tech giants, Alibaba and Tencent, are currently in early-stage discussions to buy a minority stake in the Chinese unit of British advertising group WPP. The purchase is being negotiated alongside China Media Capital Holdings (CMC), and is estimated to be for a 20% stake in WPP […]
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The US Senate and House of Representatives have reached a deal on legislation that will intensify the scrutiny faced by incoming Chinese investment into the US, as well as other international deals related to sensitive American technology. The agreed measure, which will be included in a military spending bill for review this month, will primarily […]
China’s central bank is looking to improve the liquidity of its bond markets by encouraging commercial lenders to buy corporate bonds with lower ratings, sources told Caixin. The People’s Bank of China will issue new medium-term lending facility (MLF) loans to commercial banks to buy nonfinancial corporate bonds in July, the sources said. The value […]
China’s forex regulator has promised to use “counter-cyclical” methods to maintain the stability of the nation’s currency, including countering cross-border capital outflow volatility in the worst-case scenario. A spokeswoman for the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said on Thursday that the government was well-prepared to stabilise the yuan in the event of a significant downfall […]
China is still lagging behind other countries in the production of semiconductors, a senior government minister has warned, despite concerted efforts by Beijing to catch up through billions of dollars in subsidies. “We are still decades behind developed countries and the road to becoming a great manufacturing power remains long,” Xin Guobin, deputy director of […]