China

A Trillion Dollar Plan to Rebuild the World Makes China the New Global Leader

By Patrick Smith

While most of the world wonders nervously what’s next from the Trump White House, the confident China President Xi Jinping is shifting his bid for global leadership into a full-court press.
China Fires Up a Massive Floating Solar Farm

By Irina Slav, Oilprice.com

Images of the Beijing smog and millions of people wearing masks to be able to breathe are among the more dramatic depictions of air pollution caused by excessive industrialization. Now that China is...
Why China, Not OPEC, Will Make or Break the Price of Oil This Year

By Nick Cunningham, Oilprice.com

The OPEC deal will lead to an ongoing tightening of the crude oil market, putting a floor beneath crude prices in the $50s per barrel in the second half of 2017, according to Helima Croft of RBC...
Are China’s Hidden Liabilities Behind Moody’s Ratings Downgrade?

By Patrick Smith

Concerns about China’s “massive debt burden” and slowing economy are causing new concerns after Moody’s Investor Services sounded a full-blown alarm this week downgrading China’s credit rating on...
Why China May Be Headed for a Massive Bank Bailout

By John Ruwitch and Yawen Chen, Reuters

Moody's Investors Service downgraded China's credit ratings on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 30 years, saying it expects the financial strength of the economy will erode in coming years as...

As the US Pulls Back, China Boosts Global Trade on a New Silk Road

By Ben Blanchard and Sue-Lin Wong, Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping and 29 other heads of state on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to build an open economy and ensure free and inclusive trade, under the ambitious Belt and Road...
Trump Projects Confidence As China Meeting Looms

By Rob Garver

Less than a week before he sits down with the president of China for what will be his most complex and challenging foreign negotiation since taking office, President Trump gave an interview to The...
Why China Is a Big Part of Tesla’s Future

By Evelyn Cheng

Elon Musk's Tesla is a growing player in China, where the global fight to develop electric, self-driving cars is raging hot. Hong-Kong traded Tencent, a company best known for its WeChat messaging...
Tillerson’s Asia Trip Could Signal the End US Soft Diplomacy

By Patrick Smith

Tillerson’s tour is an opening round in an extended process. But early signals indicate that Washington risks serious damage to important relationships across the Pacific—notably with China and South...
Trump to Finally Crack Down on China's Hacks, Theft and Lies at US Expense

By Liz Peek

Long coddled by establishment Foggy Bottom types and by U.S. corporations salivating over China’s burgeoning markets, Beijing has met little resistance as it has cyber attacked U.S. corporate and...

Obama’s Talks with China Just Got More Awkward

By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has seized on the latest trade deficit figures to crackdown on China for currency manipulation.
China Shows Growing Hunger for American Pork

By Reuters

Shuanghui International Holdings is buying Smithfield Foods, Inc., the world's biggest hog producer, for $4.7 billion, to feed a growing Chinese appetite for U.S. pork, in a deal that has stirred...
Why an Embattled Obama Needs to Win with China

By Liz Peek

An embattled White House and an upcoming summit between President Obama and newly installed Chinese President Xi Jinxing raises red flags. Beijing has an agenda and President Obama needs a political...
Can Shinzo Abe Balance Ideology and Economy in Japan?

By Reuters

Less than six years after his humiliating departure, Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, 58, is back in office for a rare second term. He is riding a wave of popularity spurred mainly by voters'...
As Europe Turns Left, a Call to “Show Me the Money”

By Patrick Smith

“We will die of fiscal consolidation alone,” Enrico Letta, Italy’s new prime minister, said in his maiden speech to parliament a few days ago. “Growth policies cannot wait any longer.” The anti-...

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