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U.S.-China Working on a Level Playing Field for Clean Energy Players
By Vivian Ni Nov. 23 – China will still attach great importance to its strategic industries, but the country also pledged to provide equal market access to both domestic and foreign clean energy suppliers, according to the U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson, who just met Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan at the two-day meeting of […]
China’s Wine Market Shows Great Potential
By Vivian Ni Nov. 21 – The surging demand for wine in China has made the country one of the most important target markets for global wine producers, as regular Chinese consumers are now becoming more receptive to Western wine, and wealthy Chinese buyers are considering red wine as a new type of speculative investment […]
China’s Property Developers Slash Real Estate Prices to Court Buyers
By Vivian Ni Oct. 27 – China’s property developers are actually offering discounts to real estate buyers, as they need higher sales to refill their parched cash flows. Although the price decline has only happened in a few select areas and experts are still hesitant to interpret it as an exact sign of an overall […]
Global Economy Woes Dim Forecasts for China’s Copper Demand
By Vivian Ni Oct. 24 – The debt crisis in Europe as well as the struggling economy in the United States may cloud the prospect of China’s demand for copper, which is usually regarded as an important indicator for global copper market prices, a recent Reuters poll shows. Global consumption may decline The survey, conducted […]
China’s Economic Slowdown Triggers Guesses on Policy Modification
By Vivian Ni Oct. 21 – China’s third-quarter economic statistics showed the lowest GDP growth rate in the past two years, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday. The continuing economic slowdown – amid the deteriorating external environment and slightly tamed domestic inflation – has made economists wonder whether or not some […]
Stalemate Looms for U.S.-China Joint Accounting Oversight
By Vivian Ni Oct. 14 – Despite efforts by the United States and China to seek closer cooperation on audit oversight, not much progress has been seen on the issue. During the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) ongoing probe of possible fraud at the Chinese financial software maker Longtop Inc., the company’s previous auditor […]
China’s Pan Asia Gold Exchange: A New Playing Field for Speculators?
In an age when the assets of insolvent Western economies are becoming less reliable and international investors appreciate gold as a safe haven, the Chinese know it is time for them to play a larger role in the global gold market. The Pan Asia Gold Exchange – opened earlier this year allowing gold trade in China’s own local currency RMB – may make China the new epicenter of the global gold market and even trigger a bigger wave of speculative gold buying and selling.
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