Chinese investment into US technology industries is growing at a record pace in 2018, according to a new report reviewed by the Wall Street Journal, despite a slowdown in overall China-US deals as a result of tighter regulation from American lawmakers. The study, conducted by New York-based Rhodium Group, showed that Chinese foreign direct investment […]
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European Council President Donald Tusk and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will begin talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Monday, with investment relations and reciprocal market access expected to dominate talks. China, which is finding itself in ever-deeper contentions with the US over trade, will likely appeal for an anti-Washington alliance with the […]
Growth in China’s total social financing (TSF), a figure that reflects an economy’s credit levels including off-balance-sheet financing or “shadow banking”, fell short of market expectations in June, according to central bank data on Friday, despite a marked uptick from the previous month. TSF rose by Rmb 1.18 trillion ($176.4 billion) last month, compared with […]
The Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges have decided that mainland Chinese investors will not be able to buy shares in Hong Kong-listed companies that have super-voting shares and offer ‘stapled’ securities, two or more securities packaged as one that cannot be sold separately. According to the Wall Street Journal, the decision is a blow to […]
The China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (Ex-Im Bank) are in talks with other international lenders over cooperation on overseas projects after a number of Beijing-led deals have experienced problems. In a statement to the Financial Times, the CDB said that the bank was “actively co-operating” with the European Bank for […]