Whether you blame it on falling global demand or troublesome domestic weather, it appears that China’s factories are slowing down. Output growth in February was the slowest seen since March 2007 as CLSA’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) – which is intended to give a picture of the manufacturing climate in general – fell for the […]
Category: This Week in China
The Editors suggest checking out the following links: RConversation:More Chinese dissidents sue Yahoo – More legal troubles for Yahoo as a result of its activities in China (good for detail about these most recent cases as well as those that have gone before) Economic Observer: Small Steps in Reform, Big Steps for Democracy – “This […]
Beijing’s attempts to rein in bank lending have focused in part on stemming the flow of money into real estate developments. The problem here is not so much the large-scale, listed developers that have long-term strategies and increasingly diversified portfolios; it is the smaller and less reliable players. Controlling the industry is no easy task […]
Highlights from the last week of China business news. IPO safe havens The A-share market isn’t doing so well these days, and regulators have their hands full. It wasn’t so long ago that the CSRC was encouraging mega-IPOs to soak up liquidity in the soaring A-share markets. Now, they’re saying the opposite, telling Ping An, […]
We suggest checking out the following links: Economic Observer: Food Security: Moving Towards the Precipice? – “”China and the world are accelerating in the fog toward a precipice”, writes Paul Ehrlich, noted population and food security scientist, in discussing world food price increases” Mallesons Stephen Jaques: China re-opens domestic capital markets to foreign investors – […]