China’s Social Credit System

Highlights While investors continued to respond to the overnight US CPI Report, the Asian economic calendar drew interest this morning. China trade data delivered another gloomy picture of the Chinese economy. The latest report from China will pressure Beijing to deliver a meaningful stimulus package. It was a relatively busy…

ADVERTISEMENT Considerable but unsustainable water supply from thawing permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau in a changing climate by Staff Writers Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 12, 2023 This study is led by Dr. Taihua Wang and Dr. Dawen Yang (Tsinghua University), together with experts in the field of both permafrost and…

Imaginechina Customers explore literary treasures at the Fudan Used Bookstore on Weide Road. Bookshop streets worldwide struggle in the era of digital reading, but the brick-and-mortar literary scene remains vibrant on one backstreet in Yangpu District. Weide Road, a quaint offshoot near busy Daxue Road, has evolved into a thriving…

China’s economic authorities have a problem. They are confronted with the threat of deflation and the prospect of “Japanification”, or the decades of economic stagnation from which Japan is only just emerging. This week’s inflation data showed consumer price inflation at zero last month and factory gate prices falling 5.4…

There’s a lot of hype about humanoid robots right now and while one company is taking most of the attention, they’re not the only game in town. Fourier Intelligence is a China-based technology company that started back in 2015 and focused on exoskeleton tech that enabled people to walk again.…

US-China relations have been tense for years over national security issues including Taiwan, US export bans on advanced technologies, China's state-led industrial policies, human rights issues, the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and trade tariffs Reuters Republican US presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Sunday he would…

China is tamping down on meetings that provide false information and could harm citizens, state media said, as the authorities step up oversight on what they consider questionable activities in various areas. The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and 10 other authorities issued a circular…

Updated 2 hours ago · Published on 9 Jul 2023 1:00PM · US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, in Beijing, on Friday. – AFP pic, July 9, 2023. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today that her talks with top Chinese officials have helped…

MEETING. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) shakes hands with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 8, 2023. Pedro Pardo/Pool/Reuters (1st UPDATE) 'Healthy economic competition is only sustainable if it benefits both sides,' United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says…

By DAVID BRUNNSTROM, SIMON LEWIS, Reuters Published July 8, 2023 4:12am WASHINGTON - Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar's military junta and to push back on China's actions in the South China Sea as top US diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region…